Etymology

Noun

1. The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
2. A person who kills another.
3. A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

Quotations

• 1996, A J Holt, Watch Me http://print.google.com/print?id=AeiWDMxtf70C&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&sig=58bpIF6WRwzfzHU-U8U9ZrEbME0:

  “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.”

• 2003: We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped? —Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People ISBN 1930859449 p. 58
• 2004: 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. —Jon Talton, Dry Heat ISBN 0312333854 p. 40

Synonyms

• (unlawful killing of a person by another): assassination, killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional)
• (person who unlawfully kills another person): assassin, killer, man-slayer, murderer
• (victim of homicide): murder victim

See also

• filicide
• genocide
• infanticide
• matricide
• patricide
• regicide
• suicide
• uxoricide