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What does homicide mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word homicide? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  2. (countable) A person who kills another.
  3. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
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The harm caused by homicide is absolutely irremediable, whereas the harm caused by many other crimes is remediable to a degree.
The men were found guilty of rioting, arson and culpable homicide amounting to murder.
The only one that doesn't want to take any blame ever is rookie homicide detective Thomas.
The game is centered on rookie homicide detective Lazarus Jones, who is called out to a disturbance in an abandoned high school with his partner.
The buddy picture genre gets a kick-start by pairing up a homicide cop and a fire marshal to solve the case.
Little wonder the city's homicide rate stands at 10 times the national average.

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