homicide

Meaning

Noun

• The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
• A person who kills another.
• A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

Related

Similar words

• assassination (intentional), killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional)
• assassin, killer, man-slayer, murderer
• murder victim

Origin

• From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda and homicīdium.