murder, killing of a human being
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Homicide Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
The killing of one human being by another.
The killing of one human being by another.
(v. t.)
One who kills another; a manslayer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who kills another; a manslayer.
homicide
\hom"i*cide\ (?), n. [f., fr. l. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. see homage, and cf. concise, shed, v. t.]
1. the killing of one human being by another.
note: 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 either manslaughter or murder.
2. one who kills another; a manslayer. shak.
homicide
n : unlawful premeditated killing of a human being [syn: murder, slaying]
similar words(2)
homicide by misadventure
excusable homicide
Homicide, (n.)
The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homocide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers.
Noun
1. the killing of a human being by another human being
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
(hyponym) honor killing
Homicide Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream that you commit homicide, foretells that you will suffer great anguish and humiliation through the indifference of others, and your gloomy surroundings will cause perplexing worry to those close to you.
To dream that a friend commits suicide, you will have trouble in deciding a very important question.
See Kill.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectTo dream that a friend commits suicide, you will have trouble in deciding a very important question.
See Kill.
Homicide Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Homicide (, human being + to cut, kill) refers to the act of a human killing another human. Murder, for example, is a type of homicide. It can also describe a person who has committed such an act, though this use is rare in modern English. Homicide is not always a punishable act under the criminal law, and is different than a murder from such formal legal point of view.
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Homicide Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
The word includes all occasions where one human being, by act or omission, takes away the life of another. - (read more on Homicide)
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Any killing of a human being by the act, agency, procurement, orculpable omission of another. An unlawful homicide, or one resulting from anunlawful act, may constitute murder or manslaughter. Justifiable homicide isthe killing of a human being by commandment of the law, in the execution ofpublic justice, in self-defense, in defense of habitation, property or person.
