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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
The Sheriff’s Office has arrested three suspects in a triple homicide about a week after the three victims were killed at a home in southern Parker County, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025
The homicide investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 707-784-7050, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
For Walker, a homicide detective with plenty of skeletons in his closet, this complicates matters that much more.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
There were 201 homicides recorded in Baltimore in 2024 — down 60 from the previous year and 40% from 2020 when Scott was first inaugurated.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025
The homicide investigation remains ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 707-784-7050, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2025
For Walker, a homicide detective with plenty of skeletons in his closet, this complicates matters that much more.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2025
There were 201 homicides recorded in Baltimore in 2024 — down 60 from the previous year and 40% from 2020 when Scott was first inaugurated.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicide
Noun
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Hutchinson's trial judge rejected that, instead agreeing with two prosecution psychologists and saying that no correlation between Hutchinson's diagnosis and the murders had been established, reported the Lakeland Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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After a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the initial murder trial last year, Read is being retried on charges including second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of a collision causing death.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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Joe Biden and Border Czar Harris allowed murderers, rapists, and vicious gang members to flood into our country unvetted.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Apr. 2025
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The attorney for Rachel Morin's family says the trial of her murderer is a testament to relentless law enforcement and a devastating indictment of immigration failures that allowed her killer to murder the Maryland mom of five.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mistaken for the world’s deadliest assassin, Ben becomes the perfect decoy for Eden.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2025
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Havoc brings the heat, throwing Tom Hardy's stony Walker into a hotbed of gangsters, dirty cops, corrupt elites, and wicked assassins.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Homicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicide. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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