Pronunciation Noun
homicide
- (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.
- 1996, A J Holt, Watch Me :
- “She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?”
- “As hard as anyone else,” said Goddard. There was an irritated note in his voice. “She was a homicide. She got what every homicide investigation gets.”
- 1996, A J Holt, Watch Me :
- (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, man-slayer, murderer
- (victim of homicide) murder victim
- 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
- French: (murderer) homicide, (male murderer) meutrier, (female murderer) meutrière, (murderer) assassin
- German: Mörder
- Italian: (male or female) omicida, (male murderer) assassino, (female murderer) assassina
- Portuguese: homicida
- Russian: уби́йца
- Spanish: homicida, victimario
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