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The phrase "been murder" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used as part of a passive verb construction, where the subject receives the action of the verb. For example, "The suspect has been charged with murder" or "The case has been investigated as a murder." Here is an example sentence using "been murder": The police had been searching for evidence for weeks, but it wasn't until the victim's neighbor came forward that it became clear that it had been murder.
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been murder
verb
To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
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Could it really have been murder?
Doing Wuthering Heights must've been murder then.
There have been murder confessions that later proved false.
But the main purpose of poison in human society, it seems, has been murder.
Stachowski recalled, "It would have been murder, and Geoff knew that.
They all decided that was preposterous, so it must have been murder.
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As of 6 20 a.m. on Friday, New York City, with temperatures dropping as low as 11 degrees in recent days, had been murder-free for about 221 hours, a period of more than nine days.
She had been murdered.
No one's been murdered.
A few have been murdered.
He's been murdered".
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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com