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er umlegt

kills, murders

→ umlegen
um around; changing or reversing + leg to make an effort, to work hard + t 3rd-person singular present
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense Rare #44,657
kills, murders Colloquial and often implies killing someone deliberately, sometimes by shooting.
GE: Der Täter umlegt sein Opfer.
EN: The perpetrator kills his victim.
Conjugation of umlegen
Present
SingularPlural
Third umlegt —

Das wär ja, als ob man einen Pfarrer umlegt.

That would be like killing a priest.

— Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod (1968)

Gedanken machen müssen, dass ihn irgendeiner umlegt.

They have to worry that someone might kill him.

— American Gangster (2007)

Ich habe nur verhindert, dass man ihn umlegt.

I only prevented him from being killed.

— Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod (1968)

Findet Tom, bevor er jemanden umlegt.

Find Tom before he kills someone.