The definition of homicide is the deliberate and illegal murder of another person, or the department in the police agency that is authorized to investigate murders.
(noun)See homicide in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME < OFr < LL homicidium, manslaughter, murder < L homicida, murderer < homo, a man (see homo) + caedere, to cut, kill: see -cide
any killing of one human being by anotherOrigin: ME < OFr < L homicida
a person who kills anotherSee homicide in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin homicīdium
Origin: and homicīda
Origin: : homō, man; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots
Origin: + -cīdium
Origin: and -cīda, -cide
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