homicide

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

murder

manslaughter

killing

assassination

slaying

murderer

killer

slaughter

carnage

assassin

bloodshed

kill

🔪🩸👤

hit

massacre

man-slayer

blood

🩸

bloodthirsty

bump off

butchery

cut-throat

foul play

homicidal

murderous

slaughterer

slaughtering

slayer

death

💀

annihilation

Translations

homicide

homicidio

ανθρωποκτονία

meurtre

omicidio

assassinat

Mord

homicídio

asesinato

assassinio

Totschlag

homicidi

meutrier

homicide involontaire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/

Etymology

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