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Dutch
Etymology
From vergissen (“to make a mistake”) + moord (“murder”). First attested in 2014.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vərˈɣɪsmoːrt/
- Hyphenation: ver‧gis‧moord
Noun
vergismoord m or f (plural vergismoorden, diminutive vergismoordje n)
- the killing of somebody other than the intended victim (due to mistaken identity)
2014, Gerlof Leistra, “Aantal moorden in 2014 spectaculair gedaald”, in Elsevier:Diverse slachtoffers kwamen om het leven bij een zogenoemde ‘vergismoord’.- Several victims lost their lives in a so-called "mistaken murder"
2017 March 29, Koen Voskuil, “Vergismoorden: eerst schieten, dan nadenken”, in Algemeen Dagblad:De vergismoord op de Amsterdamse deejay Djordy Latumahina staat niet op zichzelf: de afgelopen jaren werden minstens vijf onschuldige mensen geliquideerd.- The misdirected murder of the Amsterdam deejay Djordy Latumahina is not an incident: over the last few years at least five innocent people were assassinated.