second-degree murder

English

Noun

second-degree murder (countable and uncountable, plural second-degree murders)

1. (law, chiefly US, Canada) The criminal offence of murder in a form defined as less serious than first-degree murder; the precise distinction may vary by jurisdiction but typically involves second-degree murder being intentional but not premeditated.
2. (law, chiefly US, Canada) An act that constitutes the crime of second-degree murder.

Translations

act or crime of murder with intent, but without premeditation

• Finnish: tappo (fi) (roughly equivalent concept in Finnish law), toisen asteen murha (US/Canada legal concept)
• French: meurtre au deuxième degré (fr) m (Canada, law)
• Hungarian: szándékos, de nem előre megfontolt szándékkal elkövetett emberölés
• Polish: morderstwo drugiego stopnia n

See also

• first-degree murder