homicide (redirected from Justifiable or Excusable Homicide)

hom·i·cide  (hm-sd, hm-)

n.

1. The killing of one person by another.

2. A person who kills another person.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin homicdium and homicda : hom, man; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots + -cdium and -cda, -cide.]

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homicide [ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd]

n

1. (Law) the killing of a human being by another person

2. (Law) a person who kills another

[from Old French, from Latin homo man + caedere to slay]

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homicide

1. a general term for murder; the killing of another human being.
2. the murderer of another. — homicidal, adj.

See also: Killing

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homicide, murder, manslaughter - The general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or the malicious killing of another, while manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness.

See also related terms for slaughter.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

homicide - the killing of a human being by another human being kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life honor killing - an ancient tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image manslaughter - homicide without malice aforethought murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being shooting - killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

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homicide

noun murder, killing, manslaughter, slaying, bloodshed The police arrived at the scene of the homicide.

Translations

homicide [ˈhɒmɪsaɪd] N

1. (= act) → homicidio m

2. (= person) → homicida mf

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homicide [ˈhɒmɪsaɪd]

n (US) (= act) → homicide m

modif [detective] → de la criminelle, de la brigade criminelle
In a search for witnesses, homicide detectives attempted to interview everyone in the apartment building → À la recherche de témoins, les détectives de la criminelle ont entrepris d'interroger tous les habitants de l'immeuble.
homicide squad → brigade criminelle

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homicide

n

→ Totschlag m; homicide (squad) → Mordkommission f

(= person) → Mörder(in) m(f); → Totschläger(in) m(f)

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homicide [ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd] n → omicidio

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homicide

n homicide [ˈhomisaid]

the killing of one person by another He has been found guilty of homicide. manslag قَتْل убийство zabití člověka mord der Totschlag ανθρωποκτονία homicidio mõrv آدم كشی murha homicide רֶצַח नरहत्या ubojstvo emberölés pembunuhan manndráp omicidio 殺人 살인 žmogžudystė slepkavība membunuh moord drap zabójstwo homicídio omucidere убийство zabitie, vražda umor ubistvo dråp, mord ฆาตกรรม cinayet, adam öldürme 殺人 убивство انسان کے ہاتھوں انسان کا قتل tội giết người 杀人

adj homiˈcidal

moorddadig مُتَعَلِّق بالقَتْل убийствен vražedný morderisk; mord- mörderisch δολοφονικός homicida mõrtsukalik وابسته به آدم كشی murhanhimoinen homicide רַצחָנִי मानवघाती ubilacki, s namjerom da ubije gyilkos mengenai pembunuhan morðfús, morðóður omicida 殺人の 살인(범)의 linkęs į žmogžudystę slepkavīgs; slepkavniecisks cenderung untuk membunuh van moord draps-, morderisk zdolny do zabójstwa homicida criminal замышляющий убийство zabíjačský, vraždiaci morilski ubistveni mordisk, dråp-, mord- การฆาตกรรม cinayet/adam öldürmeyle ilgili; cinayete eğilimli 殺人的 убивчий, смертоносний قاتلانہ thuộc về tội giết người 杀人的