homicide
KILLING OF A HUMAN BEING BY ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. USE AS VALUE FOR "MANNER OF DEATH" (P1196)
Criminal homicide; Homicides; List of notable double murder cases; Homicide detective; Voluntary homicide; Double homicide; Homocide; Violent death; Human killing human; Homicider; Homiciders; Government killing; Homicide victim; Shooting victim; Homicide by state actors; Double-homicide
¦ noun chiefly N. Amer. the killing of another human being.
?dated a murderer.
Derivatives
homicidal adjective
homicidally adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr., from L. homicidium, from homo, homin- 'man' + caedere 'to kill'.