homicide

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  2. (countable) A person who kills another.
  3. (US, countable, jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
  4. (US, uncountable) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

Frekwensie

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/
Etimologie (Engels)

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

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