homicide

• Nom désignant l'acte de tuer un être humain par un autre, souvent employé dans un contexte juridique pour décrire le meurtre, l'homicide involontaire ou le fait de donner la mort de manière légitime.

A noun referring to the act of one human killing another, often used in legal contexts to describe murder, manslaughter, or justifiable killing.

1. MurderB2formallegal

   The act of one human killing another.

   Meurtre

   • The police are investigating a homicide in the downtown area.
   • He was charged with homicide after the fatal shooting.
   • The detective specialized in solving homicides.

   Synonymesassassinationkillingmanslaughtermurderslaying

2. Killing of a personB2formallegal

   The killing of one person by another, which may be intentional or unintentional.

   Homicide

   • The court ruled the death as justifiable homicide.
   • The suspect was arrested for vehicular homicide.
   • Homicide rates have decreased in the city this year.

   Synonymeskillingslaying