homicide

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Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call the state police at 445-4104.

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  1. noun The killing of one person by another.
  2. noun A person who kills another person.

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  • Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to call state police at 866-2121. —  BangorDailyNews.com > News
  • Of course it was ruled a homicide, as a homicide is defined as the killing of a human being by another human being.
  • The Kyrgyz media fanned suspicions that the homicide was an unprovoked act, accounts that American officials only fueled by issuing a false report and failing to convincingly show either contrition or an intention to bring the soldier to justice. —  Harper's Magazine
  • The December death of a 16-year-old Seattle girl that was investigated as a homicide was accidental. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call Metro's Homicide Section at —  Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
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arson ·  robbery ·  rape ·  felony ·  kidnap ·  sacrilege ·  murder ·  killing ·  suicide ·  forgery ·  treason ·  assassination

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homicide:   homicides
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin homicīdium and homicīda : homō, man; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots + -cīdium and -cīda, -cide.

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  1. from Middle English homicide, from Old French homicide, French homicide = Provencal homecida, omicida = Spanish Portuguese homicida = Italian omicida, from Latin homicīda, a manslayer, homicide, murderer, from homo, man, + cædere (perfect cīdi), kill, slay, + -a, suffix of agent. Cf. homicide. The two words, alike in F. and English, differ in other tongues and in the orig. L. in termination. So all similar words, fratricide, parricide, suicide, etc.
  2. from Middle English homicide, homicidie, homicidy, from Old French homicide, French homicide = Provencal homicidi, omicidi = Spanish Portuguese homicidio= Italian omicidio, from Late Latin homicīdium, manslaughter, homicide, murder, from homo, man (see Homo), + cædere (cīd-), kill, slay, + -ium, neuter suffix. See homicide.
 

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/ˈhɑmɪsaɪd/
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