homicide

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

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