homicide

hom-i-cide · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The killing of one person by another.

  2. 2.

    A person who kills another; a murderer.

  3. 3.

    (law) The legal term for any killing of a human being, whether lawful or unlawful.

Forms

plural: homicides

Related words

See also: killing, manslaughter, murder
Synonyms: killing, manslaughter, murder

Etymology

From Latin homicidium, from homo "man, human being" + -cidium "killing."