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homicide

noun
🔊/ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/
🔊/ˈhɑːmɪsaɪd/
 [countable, uncountable] (especially North American English, law法律)
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  1. the crime of killing somebody deliberately（蓄意）杀人罪 synonym murder
    • The jury reached a verdict of justifiable homicide.陪审团作出了正当杀人的裁决。
    • He has been arrested on homicide and assault charges.他因杀人和侵犯他人身体的指控被逮捕。
    • the homicide bureau (= the department of the US police that deals with murder)凶杀局
    see also justifiable homicide compare culpable homicide, manslaughterTopics Crime and punishmentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • criminal
    • culpable
    • negligent
    • …
    homicide + noun
    • detective
    • unit
    • investigation
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin homicidium, from homo, homin- ‘man’.