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Look up: Homicide

  1. Homicide
    another word for killing someone - e.g., murder, or manslaughter
    Found on http://www.rizer.co.uk/access/default.as

  2. homicide
    In law, the killing of a human being. This may be unlawful, lawful, or excusable, depending on the circumstances. Unlawful homicides include murder, manslaughter, infanticide, and causing death by...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Homicide
    Homicide: 1. The killing of a person. 2. Strictly speaking, the killing of a man. femicide. From the Latin meaning murderer, from homo, man + caedere, to kill.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  4. homicide
    An act which causes the death of a person. Category: Defense
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Homicide
    Hom'i·cide noun [ French, from Latin homicidium , from homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage , and confer Concise , Shed , transitive verb ] 1. The killing of one human being by another. » Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable , as when the killing is performed in ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/56

  6. homicide
    1. The killing of one human being by another. ... Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be eith ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. homicide
    noun the killing of a human being by another human being
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Homicide
    `Homicide` (Latin `homicidium`, `homo` human being + `caedere` to cut, kill) refers to the act of killing another human being. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English. Although homicide does not define an illegal act necessarily, sometimes it is used synonymously with `murder.`
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide

  9. Homicide
    • (v. t.) One who kills another; a manslayer. • (v. t.) The killing of one human being by another.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. homicide
    the killing of one human being by another. Homicide is a general term and may refer to a noncriminal act as well as the criminal act of murder. Some ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/65

  11. homicide
    homicide, homicidal 1. The killing of any human being, whether lawfully or unlawfully; in law there are various types: murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, excusable homicide, felonious homicide, etc. 2. One who kills a human being; a man-slayer; in earlier use often a murderer. 3. Anyone who kills another person.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. homicide
    homicide (hom'usīd) , in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. A homicide is excusable if it is the result of an accident ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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