"murder mystery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: murder mysteries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} murder mystery (plural murder mysteries)
  1. (fiction) A subgenre of crime fiction in which characters must investigate and solve a murder. Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-murder_mystery-en-noun-4jCSLZ2u Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
  2. (games) A game in which one or more players are tasked with killing off all other players, who in turn must identify the murderers and vote them out or otherwise remove them from the game. Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-murder_mystery-en-noun-YzxI8ttD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Topics: games

Inflected forms

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