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homicide

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See also: homicidé

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (man-slayer) and homicīdium (manslaughter).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) enPR: hämʹə-sīdˈ, hōʹmə-sīdˈ; IPA(key): /ˈhɑm.əˌsaɪ̯d/, /ˈhoʊ.məˌsaɪ̯d/

Noun

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homicide (countable and uncountable, plural homicides)

  1. (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  2. (countable) A person who kills another.
    • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 195:
      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.
  3. (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.”
    • 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.
  4. (uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

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  • (unlawful killing of a person by another): crime

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Further reading

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin homicīdium.

Noun

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homicide m (plural homicides)

  1. homicide (killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional)
    homicide involontaire(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    homicide volontaire(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda.

Noun

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homicide m or f by sense (plural homicides)

  1. homicide, killer (person who kills another)

Adjective

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homicide (plural homicides)

  1. killer; that kills

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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homicide

  1. inflection of homicider:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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homicide m (plural homicides)

  1. homicide

Noun

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homicide m or f (plural homicides)

  1. killer

Adjective

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homicide m or f (plural homicides)

  1. killer; that kills