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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
Violent crime rates, including homicides, dropped significantly after Lester took the role.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Since assuming the role in 2024, Omar García Harfuch has overseen a drop in the country’s homicides, a decrease driven by greater intelligence sharing and professionalization of the ministry.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The woman later died from her injuries, and the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
That compares to four homicides at this point last year.
—Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Since assuming the role in 2024, Omar García Harfuch has overseen a drop in the country’s homicides, a decrease driven by greater intelligence sharing and professionalization of the ministry.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
The woman later died from her injuries, and the case is now being investigated as a homicide.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
That compares to four homicides at this point last year.
—Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicide
Noun
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At the time of Garrison’s murder, twenty-eight people had already been charged.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Detectives booked Avon Owens, 18, and another unidentified 18-year-old for murder and the use of a firearm during the commission of a murder on April 10, 2026.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Forget the glossy card-stock mailers with distorted images, designed to make your opponent look like an ax murderer.—
Steve Bousquet,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Why hadn’t any of her producers and writers over the years—a murderers’ row including Tove Lo, Julia Michaels, and the duo Monsters & Strangerz, of the Max Martin school—struck the vein of her personality?—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Their efforts lead them in the season’s last two episodes to Paris, where Frank was planning to celebrate his 80th birthday with his children — only for him to be gunned down in a hotel lobby by an assassin who had been sent to kill Teddy for a deal gone wrong.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Neither of these two is necessarily a lip-sync assassin.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Homicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicide. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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