"they say you never stop learning new word, not even in your native language"......I guess they were right....I can't understand this expression "murder rap", what does "murder rap" means? I know what murder is but why putting the rap at the end?
This is what I am reading..."...I don't think anyone would want to face a DUII charge with that kind of legal representation, let along a murder RAP..."
THANK YOU :P
2007-09-14 01:00:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
That is way of saying a "murder charge"...you might hear of a criminals "rap sheet" which is a list of the charges against that person.
2007-09-14 01:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by toby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A murder rap is a murder charge, it is quite a common phrase on TV shows
2007-09-14 08:57:59 · answer #2 · answered by n0rtirascal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as usual you are yet another victim of Hollywood or moviespeak and this is why you cannot find this meaning of the word 'rap' in a standard dictionary. I notice on the chatrooms that u.s. contributors have a highly colourful and metaphorical use of language and I am fascinated whether people on the street are copying the tv or vice versa; I suppose the metaphor here is that as it were you are being 'rapped' across the knuckles with a murder charge.
the other standard meaning of rap is as in rap music.
2007-09-14 08:16:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
3 a : the responsibility for or adverse consequences of an action
2007-09-14 08:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to be found guilty of murder and to go to prison for it.
"Rap: A sentence to serve time in prison."
2007-09-14 08:11:48 · answer #5 · answered by LovaAGoodAnswer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋