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单词 homicide
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Definition of homicide in English:

homicide

noun ˈhɒmɪsʌɪdˈhɑməˌsaɪd
mass nounNorth American
  • 1The killing of one person by another.

    he was charged with homicide
    count noun knives account for a third of all homicides
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The judges agreed that failing to keep patients alive would be criminal homicide if it were in breach of a legal duty to act so as to sustain their life.
    • It didn't take long for the police to arrest her on the charges of double homicide.
    • The police still do not have any leads on the motive or the perpetrators of that homicide.
    • The distinction between justifiable and unjustifiable homicide was not identical to our own.
    • A person is nearly twice as likely to die by suicide than by homicide in the United States.
    • The principal felonies were homicide, rape, theft, burglary, robbery and arson.
    • He was charged with criminal homicide and is lodged in the county prison.
    • Is this death a natural death, or an accidental death, or a death due to homicide or suicide?
    • The force deals with all crimes from homicide, violence and sexual offences to theft, fraud and drunk and disorderly behaviour.
    • He said gang-related homicides and kidnappings continued to provide a serious challenge.
    • Crimes such as assault, robbery, and homicide are dealt with routinely.
    • Two other murders were recorded last weekend bringing the total homicides for 2004 to nine compared to three last year during the same period.
    • The availability of guns has played a critical role in the increase in juvenile suicide and homicide.
    • Men, on the other hand, had been sentenced to prison primarily for serious assault, drugs, homicide, and robbery.
    • That is, those disposed to homicide may also be more disposed to suicide than the rest of the population.
    • The pathological findings were equally consistent with homicide and suicide.
    • She lodged a criminal complaint and the doctor was eventually charged with unintentional homicide.
    • Road accidents claim more lives in Punjab each year than all murders, homicides and fatal diseases put together.
    • He has only been charged with one homicide because that is all that North Carolina will allow.
    • The offence of manslaughter generally covers all unlawful homicides which are not murder.
    Synonyms
    murder, killing, assassination, liquidation, extermination, execution, slaughter, butchery, massacre
    1. 1.1 The police department that deals with the crime of murder.
      a man from Homicide
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was 10:45 that morning when the only two cops with Homicide arrived at the scene of the crime.
      • Officers from West Yorkshire's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team released the details after a massive breakthrough in the investigation.
      • Det Supt Andy Brennan, of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said the woman's injuries included a number of bruises to her body, and marks around her neck.
      • One of the five detained during the weekend was held in St Vincent on Friday by two local policemen, one from Homicide, the other a detective.
      • Operation Recall, led by West Yorkshire Police's newly formed Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, has already resulted in two men being charged.
    2. 1.2dated count noun A murderer.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An extraordinary 40 per cent of homicides cannot remember the moment of murder.
      Synonyms
      murderer, killer, liquidator, terminator, slaughterer

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin homicidium, from homo, homin- 'man'.

 
 

Definition of homicide in US English:

homicide

nounˈhɑməˌsaɪdˈhäməˌsīd
North American
  • 1The deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.

    he was charged with homicide
    two thirds of homicides in the county were drug-related
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It didn't take long for the police to arrest her on the charges of double homicide.
    • She lodged a criminal complaint and the doctor was eventually charged with unintentional homicide.
    • The distinction between justifiable and unjustifiable homicide was not identical to our own.
    • The principal felonies were homicide, rape, theft, burglary, robbery and arson.
    • The pathological findings were equally consistent with homicide and suicide.
    • The availability of guns has played a critical role in the increase in juvenile suicide and homicide.
    • He was charged with criminal homicide and is lodged in the county prison.
    • The police still do not have any leads on the motive or the perpetrators of that homicide.
    • He said gang-related homicides and kidnappings continued to provide a serious challenge.
    • Men, on the other hand, had been sentenced to prison primarily for serious assault, drugs, homicide, and robbery.
    • Two other murders were recorded last weekend bringing the total homicides for 2004 to nine compared to three last year during the same period.
    • The force deals with all crimes from homicide, violence and sexual offences to theft, fraud and drunk and disorderly behaviour.
    • Crimes such as assault, robbery, and homicide are dealt with routinely.
    • A person is nearly twice as likely to die by suicide than by homicide in the United States.
    • The judges agreed that failing to keep patients alive would be criminal homicide if it were in breach of a legal duty to act so as to sustain their life.
    • He has only been charged with one homicide because that is all that North Carolina will allow.
    • The offence of manslaughter generally covers all unlawful homicides which are not murder.
    • That is, those disposed to homicide may also be more disposed to suicide than the rest of the population.
    • Road accidents claim more lives in Punjab each year than all murders, homicides and fatal diseases put together.
    • Is this death a natural death, or an accidental death, or a death due to homicide or suicide?
    Synonyms
    murder, killing, assassination, liquidation, extermination, execution, slaughter, butchery, massacre
    1. 1.1 The police department that deals with murders.
      a detective from Homicide
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Operation Recall, led by West Yorkshire Police's newly formed Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, has already resulted in two men being charged.
      • It was 10:45 that morning when the only two cops with Homicide arrived at the scene of the crime.
      • Officers from West Yorkshire's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team released the details after a massive breakthrough in the investigation.
      • Det Supt Andy Brennan, of West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, said the woman's injuries included a number of bruises to her body, and marks around her neck.
      • One of the five detained during the weekend was held in St Vincent on Friday by two local policemen, one from Homicide, the other a detective.
    2. 1.2dated A murderer.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An extraordinary 40 per cent of homicides cannot remember the moment of murder.
      Synonyms
      murderer, killer, liquidator, terminator, slaughterer

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from Latin homicidium, from homo, homin- ‘man’.

 
 
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