homicide
noun [countable, uncountable] (especially North American English,the crime of killing somebody deliberately synonym murder(蓄意)杀人罪 The jury reached a verdict of justifiable homicide. 陪审团作出了正当杀人的裁决。 He has been arrested on homicide and assault charges. 他因杀人和侵犯他人身体的指控被逮捕。 the homicide bureau (= the department of the US police that deals with murder) 凶杀科
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- criminal
- culpable
- negligent
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- detective
- unit
- investigation
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin homicidium, from homo, homin- ‘man’.