manslaughter

IPA: mˈænsɫɔtɝ

(obsolete) The slaying of a human being.
(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

Examples of "manslaughter" in Sentences

Stupid id as stupid does and manslaughter is manslaughter.
The word manslaughter and Dr. Murray have been tied together.
The distinction between murder and manslaughter is the element of malice.
Why would their attorneys say, you know, throw out the word manslaughter?
That ` s the first time the word manslaughter has been used by anyone closely connected to the case.
Regardless how severe the punishment is for manslaughter (some states have penalties as long as 40 years in such cases), the term manslaughter does not grant justice.
The glaring thing in that search warrant saying the word manslaughter in terms of when they went to the judge and they said -- they had to get probable cause, obviously.
He called that “the Reefer Madness argument,” referring to a 1936 propaganda film that claimed high schoolers lured into marijuana use engaged in manslaughter, suicide and rape, and descended into madness.