English

Etymology
L. homicida, man-slayer, and homicidium, manslaughter

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/�h�mɪsaɪd/, SAMPA|/"hQmIsaId/
(UK): AHD|hämʹ�-sīd, IPA|/�h�m�saɪd/, SAMPA|/"hAm@saId/ or AHD|h�ʹm�-sīd, IPA|/�ho�m�saɪd/, SAMPA|/"hoUm@saId/

Noun
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1. uncountable The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
2. countable A person who kills another.
3. context|countable|US|police jargon A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

2003: We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped? �Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People ISBN 1930859449 p. 58
2004: 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. �Jon Talton, Dry Heat ISBN 0312333854 p. 40

Synonyms
(unlawful killing of a person by another): assassination, killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional)
(person who unlawfully kills another person): assassin, killer, man-slayer, murderer
(victim of homicide): murder victim

Derived terms
homicidal

Translations
trans-top|the killing of one person by another
Finnish: tappo (unintentional), murha (premeditated)
French: homicide#French|homicide m (murder), meurtre m (murder), assassinat m (murder), homicide involontaire m (manslaughter)
German: Mord m
Italian: omicidio m, omicidio colposo m (manslaughter), omicidio premeditato m (murder), assassinio m (murder)
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Japanese: 殺人 (satsujin)
Norwegian: drap n
Russian: �бий��во (ubíjstvo) n
Serbian: ubistvo, umor
Slovene: umor
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trans-top|a person who kills another
Finnish: tappaja, murhaaja
French: homicide#French|homicide m (murderer), meutrier m (male murderer), meutrière f (female murderer), assassin#French|assassin (murderer)
German: Mörder m
Italian: omicida m|f (male or female), assassino m (male murderer), assassina f (female murderer)
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Japanese: 殺人 (satsujin)
Norwegian: drapsmann m, morder m
Russian: �бий�а (ubíjca) m or f
Serbian: ubica
Slovene: morilec m, morilka f
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trans-top|police jargon: a victim of homicide
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ttbc|Latin: homicidium n
ttbc|Spanish: homicidio m

See also
filicide
genocide
infanticide
matricide
patricide
regicide
suicide
uxoricide

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