单词 | homicide |
释义 | homiciden.1 a. One who kills a human being; in earlier use often = murderer. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] manslagheOE manquellera1250 men-quellerc1325 manslayera1382 men-slayera1400 homicide1421 man-killera1500 dead-slayer1535 kill-man1598 man-slaughterer?1611 1421–2 T. Hoccleve Dialog 64 Had I be for an homysede yknowe, or an extorcioner or a robbowr. c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 563 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 206 Of dauit, homycyde & auster bath. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 4 Salisbury is a desperate Homicide, He fighteth as one weary of his life. View more context for this quotation 1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry v. sig. L3 I haue lost a sonne,..I require his blood From his accursed homicide. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 38 Gore-tainted homicide, town-battering Mars! 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iv. i. 114 And her, the homicide and husband-killer. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > person who commits suicide > [noun] self-slayera1500 self-murderer1606 self-killer1624 autocide1635 self-destroyera1646 felon-de-se1648 felo-de-se1651 suicide1658 self-homicide1681 suicidist1814 suicider1841 1681 H. Neville Plato Redivivus 212 So that for the Parliament to seek to take from him such Authority, were to be felo de se, as we call a self-Homicide. c. attributive. Homicidal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [adjective] homicidec1384 man-killingc1440 kill-man1598 manslaying1625 homicidious1632 man-slaughteringc1705 homicidal1725 homicidial1808 manslaughterous1853 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iii. 14 Ȝe..axiden a man homeside, or mansleer, for to be ȝouun to ȝou. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 44 This regicide and homicide Government. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 94 Their unholy and homicide alliance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). homiciden.1 1. The action or an act of killing another human being; esp. the crime of causing another person's death; an instance of this. Cf. manslaughter n., murder n.1 1a.Typically found in formal or technical legal contexts in British English and varieties closely related to it, but from the early 20th cent. attested more widely and in more informal contexts in the United States, and later similarly in Canadian, Caribbean, and Philippine English. Use as a count noun is not common before the 20th cent., but is subsequently widespread, chiefly in North American and Caribbean use.In legal contexts also with particular modifiers either indicating whether or not the act in question constitutes a criminal offence, or specifying a particular type of offence: see culpable homicide n., excusable homicide n., felonious homicide n., justifiable homicide n. Cf. also self-homicide n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [noun] manslaughteOE quellingc1325 manslayingc1384 homicidec1386 homicidyc1386 manslaughterc1390 manquelling1395 murder1488 man-killing1880 trunk murder1905 c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 105 Þe seoueðe..is..hearmin hire i sawle & i bodi baðe; þeos is homicide & morðre of hire seoluen. a1325 Statutes of Realm (Rawl. B.520) (2011) xii. 66 Suuche homicides ant þeftes. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §572 Another homycide is that is doon for necessitee, as whan o man sleeth another in his defendaunt. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope (1967) i. 195 This man dyd not the homycyde. 1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xxxvi. 58 Lord God, deliuer me, and gyd Frome schedding blude, and homicyd. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iii. §1 It [sc. suicide] is not onely Homicide, but Murder. 1661 W. Howell Inst. Gen. Hist. i. iii. 46 Cities of refuge, whither those that were guilty of casual homicide might fly from the avenger of bloud. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 179 In some cases homicide is justifiable, rather by the permission, than by the absolute command of the law. 1793 W. Bradford Enq. Punishm. of Death in Pennsylvania 38 Though assassination has been rare in Pennsylvania, it cannot be concealed that homicides have been very frequent. 1850 Commerc. Rev. South & West Mar. 295 The 17th section of the act of 1740 declares a slave, who shall be guilty of homicide of any sort upon any white person, except it be by misadventure,..shall, upon conviction, suffer death. 1900 Era 24 Mar. 13/1 The..lady's husband returns unexpectedly from South Africa, and threatens homicide with an elephant gun. 1958 ‘C. Cannon’ I'm Cannon—For Hire (2005) vii. 110 He thought he might be helping the investigation of a homicide. 2013 New Yorker 25 Mar. 52/3 [He] was arrested in 1991 and convicted on multiple charges of homicide. 2021 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) (Electronic ed.) 26 Dec. (accessed 27 Apr. 2022) One cannot deny the evidence that criminals do direct illegal activities from behind bars, including homicides. 2. Chiefly North American. Frequently with capital initial. The division of a police force appointed to investigate homicides. ΘΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > branch or part of police force > specific water1552 armed police1787 special police1804 detective force1849 traffic police1883 vice squad1905 drug squad1913 blue force1920 ghost squad1922 flying squad1927 Sweeney1936 morality squad1945 courtesy patrol1961 strike force1961 pussy posse1963 drugs squad1965 vice1967 mobile1971 uniform branch1972 uniform1978 NCIS1991 1934 Dime Detective Mag. 1 Sept. 95/1 He caught sight of the fat figure of Charley Owen..and not too far away was a detective from homicide. 1948 Police & Peace Officers' Jrnl. Sept. 9/1 Robbery's gain was Homicide's loss, for during Marty's three years in that detail he gained an impressive reputation through solving San Francisco murders. 2009 T. Pynchon Inherent Vice i. 13 He was at your place... Detective from downtown Homicide in a really dinged-up El Camino. Compounds C1. General use as a modifier, esp. designating or relating to the division of a police force appointed to investigate homicides or a particular homicide, as in homicide case, homicide detective, homicide investigation, etc. Π 1833 J. B. Urmston Observ. China Trade 41 The appointment of a recorder..to act in homicide cases, might be productive of advantages. 1861 Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Jrnl. 4 Jan. 4/1 A special homicide bureau is proposed for New York. 1927 Pittsburgh Gaz.-Times 8 June 1/6 Homicide detectives have uncovered clue after clue as to the band that hurls almost certain death from riot guns as they speed past their victim in an automobile. 1974 Black World May 20/2 A Black male between the ages of 20–29 years is 10 times more likely to be a homicide victim than his white counterpart. 2021 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 24 Sept. a11 The results of a post mortem examination led police to launch a homicide investigation, believing the..woman was the victim of foul play. C2. homicide-suicide adj. and n. chiefly North American (a) involving both homicide and suicide; (b) the action or an act of committing homicide immediately before, or at the same time as, killing oneself.Cf. murder-suicide adj. and n. ΘΠ the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [noun] > types of sati1806 satiism1828 hara-kiri1856 junshi1871 seppuku1871 ritual suicide1903 murder-suicide1904 autocide1923 mass suicide1937 doctor-assisted suicide1975 self-deliverance1975 self-deliveration1975 assisted suicide1976 suicide by cop1986 bullycide2001 1911 Bedford (Indiana) Daily Mail 13 Jan. A letter..caused the police to at least first believe that a homicide-suicide pact had been enacted. 1921 Philadelphia Inquirer 9 Mar. 1/6 It was as though the homicide-suicide was carried out coolly and quietly. 1977 Mich. Chron. 29 Oct. 1/6 A westside teacher and her husband discovered dead over the weekend were the victims of a homicide-suicide case. 2012 Sociol. Forum 27 212 Many homicide-suicides..involve premeditated killings in which suicide was part of the plan from the beginning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). homicidev. transitive. To kill or murder. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)] amurderOE murderc1175 homicidec1470 murdresc1480 murtrish1490 manquell1548 slaughter1582 massacre1591 assassinate1600 remove1609 assassin1620 to do the business for a person1759 Septembrize1794 croak1823 square1888 shift1898 to take out1900 to bump off1907 bump1914 to do in1914 to put out1917 to knock off1919 terminate1920 to give (a person) the works1929 scrag1930 snuff1932 wash1941 waste1964 wipe1968 to terminate with extreme prejudice1969 neutralize1970 snuff1973 stiff1974 c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxxi. v That place..Wher that gyaunt and she were homycied. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xi. 163 Her ancestor was Husband to a Sister of that homicided Duke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1c1384n.1c1230v.c1470 |
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