homicide
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See also: homicidé
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: hämʹə-sīdˈ, hōʹmə-sīdˈ; IPA(key): /ˈhɑm.əˌsaɪ̯d/, /ˈhoʊ.məˌsaɪ̯d/
Noun[edit]
homicide (countable and uncountable, plural homicides)
- (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, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- “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.”
- 2003, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People, →ISBN, page 58:
- We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped?
- 2004, Jon Talton, Dry Heat, →ISBN, page 40:
- 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.
- (uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.
Synonyms[edit]
- (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
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the killing of one person by another
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a person who kills another
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police jargon: a victim of homicide
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin homicīdium.
Noun[edit]
homicide m (plural homicides)
- homicide (killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
homicide m or f by sense (plural homicides)
Adjective[edit]
homicide (plural homicides)
- killer; that kills
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
homicide
- inflection of homicider:
Further reading[edit]
- “homicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
homicide m (plural homicides)
Noun[edit]
homicide m or f (plural homicides)
Adjective[edit]
homicide m or f (plural homicides)
- killer; that kills
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