manslaughter
The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the…The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.
» Tom was convicted of manslaughter.
Тома визнали винним у ненавмисному вбивстві.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.
Totschlag, [Verbrechen] mit Todesfolge, fahrlässige Tötung
непредумы́шленное уби́йствоnepredumýšlennoje ubíjstvo
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The slaying of a human being.
- homicide without malice aforethought
Examples
26 sentencesTom was convicted of manslaughter.
Тома визнали винним у ненавмисному вбивстві. — deniko
Tom has been acquitted of manslaughter.
Tom could be tried for manslaughter.
Tom has been charged with manslaughter.
Tom was sentenced to thirteen years for manslaughter.
ruТом был приговорён к тринадцати годам за непредумышленное убийство. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as anFrom Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).
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Forms
plural: manslaughters| Singular | manslaughter |
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Word family
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