homicide
(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
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Kyle Cathcart, the man sought in a Covington homicide investigation, is in custody, according to jail records.
Bristol explosion: Police referred to watchdog over ‘other domestic incidents’ https://www.europesays.com/uk/941192/ Police say Jo’s death has been officially ‘recorded as a homicide’Abigail Neep South West Regional…
What is Homicide & Seek? A comedy fiction podcast. A barista solving crimes on a very strange island. Homicide & Seek. May 13. #HomicideAndSeek #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #MysteryPodcast #ComedyPodcast #IndiePodca…
Ils sont poursuivis pour homicide involontaire, après le décès d’un homme de 30 ans qui venait d’être hospitalisé
Un homicide conjugal a été constaté à Sarreguemines (Moselle), mardi 5 mai 2026, informe le parquet.
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(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
The medical examiner was behind on autopsies and cranky, so we didn't even know if the old guy in the pool was a homicide.
“Kyle Cathcart, the man sought in a Covington homicide investigation, is in custody, according to jail records.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Bristol explosion: Police referred to watchdog over ‘other domestic incidents’ https://www.europesays.com/uk/941192/ Police say Jo’s death has been officially ‘recorded as a homicide’Abigail Neep South West Regional News Reporter and…#uk #news #uknews”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What is Homicide & Seek? A comedy fiction podcast. A barista solving crimes on a very strange island. Homicide & Seek. May 13. #HomicideAndSeek #AudioDrama #AudioFiction #MysteryPodcast #ComedyPodcast #IndiePodcast #NewPodcast #Storytelling #CrimeFiction”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ils sont poursuivis pour homicide involontaire, après le décès d’un homme de 30 ans qui venait d’être hospitalisé”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Un homicide conjugal a été constaté à Sarreguemines (Moselle), mardi 5 mai 2026, informe le parquet.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable) A person who kills another.
We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped?
“"Baiser de la mort" à Bastia-Poretta : Christophe Guazzelli endosse toute la responsabilité du double homicide”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Police treating Bristol house explosion death as homicide as man and woman named Jo Shaw and Ryan Kelly died following the blast on Sunday morning.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Blood on the backpack should be clue number one that Sophia didn't die by suicide. #DAYS But I guess they will come to that conclusion fast, especially for soap opera cops, so Holly can be blamed for homicide.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hurts that I live here is blue dot Memphis yet still one of the higher homicide rates in the US. I am born a Memphian and live here yet still feel worse and worse as my state and city just can't get its act together.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I might have to resume Homicide: Life on the Streets next for a similar vibe (at least I feel like they're similar).”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
“She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?”“As hard as anyone else,” said Goddard. There was an irritated note in his voice. “She was a homicide. She got what every homicide investigation gets.”
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