involuntary manslaughter

noun

: manslaughter resulting from the failure to perform a legal duty expressly required to safeguard human life, from the commission of an unlawful act not constituting a felony, or from the commission of a lawful act in a negligent or improper manner

Examples of involuntary manslaughter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Diontae Nicole Beckett, 25, was charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the child's death in a Leacock Township hotel on May 11, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors, however, requested in August that the murder charge be amended to involuntary manslaughter. — Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Most recently, a Georgia grandmother was charged with involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children in the second degree on July 15 after her 2-year-old grandson drowned at an apartment complex pool, according to Fulton County jail records. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Jeffrey Mosteller, 66, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Oakland County circuit court in Michigan on Monday. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1792, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for involuntary manslaughter

• auteur
• blotter
• cotter
• daughter
• hotter
• mater
• otter
• plotter
• rotter
• slaughter
• spotter
• squatter

Legal Definition

involuntary manslaughter

see also:

manslaughter