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Dutch
Etymology
Literally make cold. Refers to the drop in body temperature after dying.
Verb
koud maken
- to murder
2011, James Holland, Het verdriet van Italie: het oorlogsjaar 1944-1945, Ambo/Anthos B.V., →ISBN:'Tini, ga nou niet al die Duitsers op je eentje doodmaken,' had zijn neef tegen hem gezegd. 'Als ik er drie koud maak voor ze mij koud maken heb ik daar geen probleem mee,' had Tini in zijn dronkenschap geantwoord.- 'Tini, don't go killing all those Germans all by yourself,' his nephew told him. 'If I murder three of them before they murder me that's fine by me,' Tini answered in his drunken state.
Usage notes
Despite the literal meaning, the body doesn't have to become cold in temperature to be "made cold". For example, if someone was murdered by being thrown into lava that could still be covered by this term.