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

Spitzer charged the boy’s mother with multiple felonies including involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, accessory after the fact to a crime and several misdemeanors tied to providing the bike to her son and lying to police. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors objected to the involuntary manslaughter instructions, as well as a defense request to include instructions about a Bowden charge, which lets the jury know the police investigation was not sufficient. — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

The father of a 1-year-old child who died in Baltimore after being left in a hot vehicle has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the child's death. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

The Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office charged Fatherley, who knelt on Adair’s back for more than one minute, with second-degree murder, or involuntary manslaughter in the alternative, last fall. — Sofi Zeman august 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 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