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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

Hyponyms

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unlawful killing of a person by another

Derived terms

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Translations

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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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From Latin homicīdium.

Noun

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homicide m (plural homicides)

  1. homicide (killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional)
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Etymology 2

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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