homicide

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Etymology

From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda and homicīdium.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/
• (US) enPR: hämʹə-sīdˈ, hōʹmə-sīdˈ; IPA: /ˈhɑm.əˌsaɪ̯d/, /ˈhoʊ.məˌsaɪ̯d/

Noun

homicide

1. (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
2. (countable) A person who kills another.
3. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
4. (uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

Synonyms

• (unlawful killing of a person by another) assassination (intentional), killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional)
• (person who unlawfully kills another person) assassin, killer, manslayer, murderer
• (victim of homicide) murder victim

Translations

• French: homicide (murder), meurtre (murder), assassinat (murder), (manslaughter) homicide involontaire
• German: Mord (intentional), Totschlag (manslaughter), Tötungsdelikt (law term)
• Italian: omicidio, (manslaughter) omicidio colposo, (murder) omicidio premeditato, (murder) assassinio
• Portuguese: homicídio
• Russian: уби́йство
• Spanish: homicidio

Translations

• French: (murderer) homicide, (male murderer) meurtrier, (female murderer) meurtrière, (murderer) assassin
• German: Mörder
• Italian: (male or female) omicida, (male murderer) assassino, (female murderer) assassina
• Portuguese: homicida
• Russian: уби́йца
• Spanish: homicida, victimario

Translations

• German: Opfer

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