homicide
IPA: hˈɑmʌsaɪd
noun
- (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- (countable) A person who kills another.
- (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
- (uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.
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Examples of "homicide" in Sentences
- He is the key subject of the homicide investigation.
- The and s criticize the Jesuits' legitimation of homicide.
- The homicide was motivated by grudges against the victims.
- Again, the subject of the article is not the US homicide rate.
- Both are included in the overall category of negligent homicide.
- At the trial the murder was determined to be justifiable homicide.
- At the trial, the murder was determined to be justifiable homicide.
- Culpable homicide is defined as causing the death of a human being.
- A good example is the commandment in the Decalogue prohibiting homicide.
- The passage discussed the implications of homicide on the politics of arms.
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