homicide
an act of murder
TRANSLATION
homicide = der Mord, der Totschlag --- GOOGLE INDEX homicide: approximately 21,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
A former Royal Marine has admitted culpable HOMICIDE after a man he hit with a single punch died outside an East Lothian social club.
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HOMICIDES in New York City Decline 22%
(Wall Street Journal - news headline)
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HOMICIDES in New York City Decline 22%
(Wall Street Journal - news headline)
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homicide
noun
- an act of murder
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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American journalist and social commentator Ambrose Bierce once said, "There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." Bierce, well-known for his sharp tongue, was of course being satirical. Homicide is no laughing matter.
However, English common law does divide homicide into two broad categories: felonious (from "felony", which describes extremely serious crimes) and non-felonious. The latter category includes so-called excusable or justifiable homicide - such as killing someone in self-defence - and culpable homicide, which is the act of killing someone without wilful intent (U.S. = manslaughter).
Homicide stems from the Latin homicidium (homo - human being + cidium - the act of killing). The suffix "cide" can be added to almost any word to describe killing or destroying something specific (After his PC crashed for the tenth time, he committed computercide). The following are some of the most common:
- pesticide/insecticide = a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants and other unwanted organisms
- herbicide = a chemical which is used to destroy plants, especially weeds
- suicide = the act of killing yourself intentionally
- genocide = the murder of a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race or religious group
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SYNONYMS
killing, murder, taking a life, slaughter, slaying
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"The homicide rate in our city has decreased significantly over the past few years."
noun
- an act of murder
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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American journalist and social commentator Ambrose Bierce once said, "There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy." Bierce, well-known for his sharp tongue, was of course being satirical. Homicide is no laughing matter.
However, English common law does divide homicide into two broad categories: felonious (from "felony", which describes extremely serious crimes) and non-felonious. The latter category includes so-called excusable or justifiable homicide - such as killing someone in self-defence - and culpable homicide, which is the act of killing someone without wilful intent (U.S. = manslaughter).
Homicide stems from the Latin homicidium (homo - human being + cidium - the act of killing). The suffix "cide" can be added to almost any word to describe killing or destroying something specific (After his PC crashed for the tenth time, he committed computercide). The following are some of the most common:
- pesticide/insecticide = a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants and other unwanted organisms
- herbicide = a chemical which is used to destroy plants, especially weeds
- suicide = the act of killing yourself intentionally
- genocide = the murder of a whole group of people, especially a whole nation, race or religious group
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SYNONYMS
killing, murder, taking a life, slaughter, slaying
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"The homicide rate in our city has decreased significantly over the past few years."
