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noun
The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: crime
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noun
A person who kills another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, jargon
Topics: law-enforcement, police
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noun
The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, uncountable
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noun
the killing of a human being by another human being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: killing, kill, putting to death
Narrower terms: honor killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying, execution, shooting
History
From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”).
Across languages
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
