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as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
it was feared that the missing man was the victim of a homicide, but no clues as to his disappearance were ever found
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as in murderer
a person who kills another person
throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide
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Recent Examples of homicide
Jeremy Austen House pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in an agreement that dropped a first-degree murder charge, according to Arapahoe County court records.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors submitted financial compensation filings to the court last month and sought a combined $27,330 for the families of homicide victims Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Ricks avoided the specifics of the homicides.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Two of these accomplices, Mario Vanni and Giancarlo Lotti, were convicted of four of the eight double homicides, per Il Post.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors submitted financial compensation filings to the court last month and sought a combined $27,330 for the families of homicide victims Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Ricks avoided the specifics of the homicides.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Two of these accomplices, Mario Vanni and Giancarlo Lotti, were convicted of four of the eight double homicides, per Il Post.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicide
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The police department previously booked him into the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department High Desert Detention Center on a murder charge, which was dropped during his arraignment on Tuesday, according to ABC7.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Rephayah Oselmo is wanted by the state of New York in connection with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a news release from the Marshals Service.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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The film centers on a pair of detectives hunting a serial murderer in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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That’s when his son, Micah Avni, had to watch his father’s murderer go free.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Wahlberg, 54, reprises his role as suburban dad and car salesman Dan Morgan, whose family now knows about his past life as an assassin.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Bucky Irving, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Egbuka’s out of the game… this guy is an assassin, man.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Homicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicide. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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