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homicide

noun

ˈhä-mə-ˌsīd

Definition of homicide

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the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life it was feared that the missing man was the victim of a homicide, but no clues as to his disappearance were ever found

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a person who kills another person throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide

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Recent Examples of homicide So far in 2026, more than a third of Los Angeles homicide victims were Black, even though Black people account for just 8% of the city’s population. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 This past March, the Appenzell Ausserrhoden prosecutors finally charged Rau and Kotthaus with two counts of negligent homicide and sent the case to a judge for a trial. — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Detectives, serving an arrest warrant on the homicide charge, took Lasher into custody in the 1400 block of Jamie Drive in Yuba City, sheriff’s officials said. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Mulroy’s election in 2022 as the county’s first Democratic district attorney in more than two decades came on the heels of a year with a record number of homicides. — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for homicide

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Burks personally prosecuted five capital murder death penalty cases during her time at the district attorney’s office.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
The murder of two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank is the jumping-off point for a large-scale invasion of the Palestinian territory, a move that would further test the nation’s fraying relationship with the United States.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of murder

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That’s because Kansas City’s five victories haven’t exactly come against a murderer’s row of opponents.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Here, however, the show pulls a fast one, revealing that the murderer isn’t Pam, but instead a young girl named Grace (Gwendolyn Sundstrom).

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of murderer

Noun

Celaena won the tournament and is now working for the king as his main assassin.

— Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
Instead, Cartwright returns to his deceased grandfather’s home thrilled to see that Baker has successfully evaded both the Russian assassins and MI5’s own rabid dogs.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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