involuntary manslaughter
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[edit]Noun
[edit]involuntary manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural involuntary manslaughters)
- Reckless killing of a human being without malice aforethought and intention.
- Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.
Hyponyms
[edit]- (unlawful killing without malice aforethought): constructive manslaughter, criminally negligent manslaughter
Translations
[edit]unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
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Further reading
[edit]- involuntary manslaughter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “involuntary manslaughter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.