Homicide

Quick meaning: Homicide is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped?

The medical examiner was behind on autopsies and cranky, so we didn't even know if the old guy in the pool was a homicide.

Homicides in general and victorious warriors in particular are often obliged to perform a variety of ceremonies for the purpose of ridding them of the dangerous ghosts of their victims.

“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.”

Word Forms

• homicides
• hominicide

Synonyms for homicide

Depending on context, synonyms include assassination, killing, manslaughter, murder, killer, slaying.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include murder, slaying, assassination, murderer, manslaughter, homicidal.

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