homicide
homo
+
-cide
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noun mainly
North American
the
deliberate
and
unlawful
killing
of one person by another;
murder
:
⦅主に米⦆ 〘法〙 殺人(犯罪)(→
murder
)
e.g.
he was charged with homicide
e.g.
two thirds of homicides in the county were drug-related.
(
Homicide
) the
police
department
that deals with
murder
s:
(警察の)殺人課
e.g.
a detective from Homicide.
dated
a
murderer
.
ORIGIN
Middle English
: from
Old French
, from
Latin
homicidium
, from
homo
,
homin-
‘
man
’.