homicide

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)

  1. When a criminal murders someone, this is an example of homicide.
  2. The police department that investigates a murder is an example of homicide.

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See homicide in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. 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 another
  2. Origin: ME < OFr < L homicida

    a person who kills another

See homicide in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The killing of one person by another.
  2. A person who kills another person.

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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