Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

    Mord, Totschlag, Tötungsdelikt

    уби́йствоubíjstvo, гомици́дgomicíd

    уби́вствоubývstvo, вби́вствоvbývstvo

    the killing of a human being by another human being

  2. (countable)A person who kills another.

    Mörder

    уби́йцаubíjca

    вби́вцяvbývcja, уби́вцяubývcja

  3. (US, countable, jargon)A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

    Opfer

  4. (US, uncountable)The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

Examples

54 sentences
  1. We're investigating a homicide.

    Ми розслідуємо вбивство. — deniko

    ruМы расследуем убийство. — Ooneykcall

  2. Tom's death was a homicide.

    Тома було вбито. — oromashka

    ruСмерть Тома была убийством. — odexed

  3. Tom was the victim of a homicide.

    ruТом был жертвой убийства. — odexed

  4. Tom's death has been ruled a homicide.

  5. I know Tom is a homicide detective.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the killing of one person by another:
a person who kills another:
Русский
By meaning 2
the killing of one person by another:
a person who kills another:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the killing of one person by another:
a person who kills another:
police jargon: a victim of homicide:

Origin

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

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

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