manslaughter
IPA: mˈænsɫɔtɝ
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "manslaughter" in Sentences
- Criminally negligent manslaughter.
- Because manslaughter isn't a verb.
- Manslaughter is an indictable only offence.
- Iatrogenic manslaughter can't be eliminated.
- Corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide.
- Arrest, trial, and conviction of manslaughter.
- Alker was acquitted of murder and manslaughter.
- McCormack was cleared of murder and manslaughter.
- At worst it was voluntary manslaughter, not murder.
- If someone is charged with manslaughter then it will be manslaughter.
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