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homicide en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• hōʹmə-sīdˈ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• häʹmə-sīdˈ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈhoʊ.məˌsaɪ̯d/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)
• /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɑ.məˌsaɪ̯d/ (Atlantic-Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”).

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:crime, uncountable) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
2. (countable) A person who kills another.
   • 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. 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 195:
3. (US, countable, jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
   • “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.” 1996, A J Holt, Watch Me:
   • 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. 2004, Jon Talton, Dry Heat, →ISBN, page 40:
   • We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped? 2003, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People, →ISBN, page 58:
4. (US, uncountable) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

Forms

Deriveds

antihomicide · homicidogenic · homicidal · Arkancide · monstricide · nonhomicide

Hypernyms

crime (unlawful killing of a person by another)

Hyponyms

culpable homicide (unlawful killing of a person by another) · self-homicide (unlawful killing of a person by another) · wilful homicide (unlawful killing of a person by another) · justifiable homicide (unlawful killing of a person by another) · homeycide (unlawful killing of a person by another) · autohomicide (unlawful killing of a person by another)

Relateds

mariticide · matricide · infanticide · uxoricide · deicide · parricide · unlawful death · sororicide · familicide · genocide · omnicide · feticide · filicide · tyrannicide · patricide · fratricide · regicide · suicide · prolicide · populicide

Synonyms

killer (person who unlawfully kills another person) · first-degree murder (unlawful killing of a person by another) · assassination (unlawful killing of a person by another) · killing (unlawful killing of a person by another) · murder (unlawful killing of a person by another) · murder victim (victim of homicide) · second-degree murder (unlawful killing of a person by another) · manslaughter (unlawful killing of a person by another)

Translations (129)

fi murhattu (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · la homicīdium (the killing of one person by another) · fr homicide (the killing of one person by another) · pl morderca (a person who kills another) · hu gyilkos (a person who kills another) · fo morð (the killing of one person by another) · sh ùbōjstvo (the killing of one person by another) · hu emberölés (the killing of one person by another) · it assassino (a person who kills another) · de Totschlag (the killing of one person by another) · hy մարդասպանություն (the killing of one person by another) · bg уби́йство (the killing of one person by another) · pl morderczyni (a person who kills another) · fi (unintentional) tappo (the killing of one person by another) · nb drap (the killing of one person by another) · tr cani (cânî) (a person who kills another) · pt homicídio (the killing of one person by another) · uk вби́вця (a person who kills another) · nb mord (the killing of one person by another) · id pembunuh (a person who kills another) · cs vražda (the killing of one person by another) · fi surmaaja (a person who kills another) · nb drapsmann (a person who kills another) · fr meurtrière (a person who kills another) · fi tappaja (a person who kills another) · sk vrah (a person who kills another) · de Mörder (a person who kills another) · el ανθρωποκτόνος (a person who kills another) · sh umórstvo (the killing of one person by another) · oc omicidi (the killing of one person by another) · it omicidio colposo (the killing of one person by another) · be забо́йства (the killing of one person by another) · es homicidio (the killing of one person by another) · ro omor (the killing of one person by another) · pdt Mort (the killing of one person by another) · nb drapsperson (a person who kills another) · da mord (the killing of one person by another) · de Tötungsdelikt (the killing of one person by another) · es homicida (a person who kills another) · af moord (the killing of one person by another) · fr assassinat (the killing of one person by another) · sv mordoffer (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · ko 살인자 (a person who kills another) · it omicidio (the killing of one person by another) · fi tapettu (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · ml കൊലപാതകം (the killing of one person by another) · eo murdo (the killing of one person by another) · hy մարդասպան (a person who kills another) · cmn 殺人 /杀人 (the killing of one person by another) · ml നരഹത്യ (the killing of one person by another) · fi surmattu (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · fi murhaaja (a person who kills another) · ast homicidiu (the killing of one person by another) · it omicida (a person who kills another) · ro asasinat (the killing of one person by another) · ro homicid (the killing of one person by another) · bg уби́йца (a person who kills another) · fr assassin (a person who kills another) · id pembunuhan (the killing of one person by another) · fr homicide involontaire (the killing of one person by another) · tr kurban (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · sh у̀бица (a person who kills another) · uk уби́вство (the killing of one person by another) · nl moord (the killing of one person by another) · pt homicida (a person who kills another) · hy սպանություն (the killing of one person by another) · fr homicide (a person who kills another) · cmn 兇手 /凶手 (a person who kills another) · cmn 受害者 (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · nb morderske (a person who kills another) · ru уби́йство (the killing of one person by another) · cmn 他殺 /他杀 (the killing of one person by another) · bg уби́ец (a person who kills another) · sl morilec (a person who kills another) · sh ubístvo (the killing of one person by another) · ml വധം (the killing of one person by another) · de Opfer (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · sv mord (the killing of one person by another) · sh умо́рство (the killing of one person by another) · sh у̀бојица (a person who kills another) · af doodslag (unintentional) (the killing of one person by another) · it assassinio (the killing of one person by another) · fi murha (the killing of one person by another) · ru уби́йца (a person who kills another) · be забо́йца (a person who kills another) · sl umor (the killing of one person by another) · sh уби́ство (the killing of one person by another) · de Mord (the killing of one person by another) · tr cinayet (the killing of one person by another) · ko 살인 (the killing of one person by another) · nb drapskvinne (a person who kills another) · ja 殺人者 (a person who kills another) · tl homisidyo (the killing of one person by another) · gl homicidio (the killing of one person by another) · sh у̀бо̄јство (the killing of one person by another) · io homocido (the killing of one person by another) · mk убиство (the killing of one person by another) · uk вби́вство (the killing of one person by another) · el ανθρωποκτονία (the killing of one person by another) · sk vrahyňa (a person who kills another) · it assassina (a person who kills another) · ro omucidere (the killing of one person by another) · ca homicidi (the killing of one person by another) · sl morilka (a person who kills another) · lv slepkavība (the killing of one person by another) · fa آدمکشی (the killing of one person by another) · pl zabójstwo (the killing of one person by another) · af moordenaar (a person who kills another) · da mordoffer (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · fr meurtre (the killing of one person by another) · tl pagkapatay (the killing of one person by another) · sh ùbojica (a person who kills another) · el ανθρωποκτονία (police jargon: a victim of homicide) · ja 殺人 (the killing of one person by another) · is manndráp (the killing of one person by another) · fr meurtrier (a person who kills another) · it omicidio premeditato (the killing of one person by another) · ru гомици́д (the killing of one person by another) · fo dráp (the killing of one person by another) · ja 人殺し (a person who kills another) · es victimario (a person who kills another) · sk vražda (the killing of one person by another) · sh ùbica (a person who kills another) · sv mördare (a person who kills another) · da morder (a person who kills another) · uk уби́вця (a person who kills another) · nl doodslag (unintentional) (the killing of one person by another) · la homicīda (a person who kills another) · nb morder (a person who kills another)