homicide

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable US jargon

Japanese Meaning

ある人が別の人を殺害する行為（計画的であっても、そうでなくても） / 他人を殺害した人

The detective suspected that the seemingly accidental death was actually a homicide.

刑事は、一見偶然のように思われた死亡が実際には他人による殺人だと疑っていた。

Sense（1）

(countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

Sense（2）

(countable) A person who kills another.

Sense（3）

(countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

“She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?”

Sense（4）

(uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

homicides

（ plural ）