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homicide

noun
/ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/UK/ˈhɑ.məˌsaɪ̯d/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from homicīda — “man-slayer”
  2. derived from homicide

Definitions

  1. The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

  2. 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.

  3. A victim of homicide

    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.”
    • We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped?
    • 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

The neighborhood

Derived

antihomicide, homicidal, homicidogenic, monstricide, nonhomicide

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for homicide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA