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as in murders
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 murderers
a person who kills another person
throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide
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Recent Examples of homicides
The agency saw five homicides on DART property last year, adding to criticism of safety on public transportation.
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Mel Fronczek, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
To combat an epidemic of fentanyl deaths, prosecutors around the country have increasingly treated fatal overdoses as homicides.
—Ari Fife, The Frontier, 17 Feb. 2026
Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The shooting comes days after OPD reported a steep reduction in gun violence and violent crime over a three-year period, including a 68% decrease in homicides, a 41% decrease in shootings, a 12% decrease in violent crime from 2023 through 2025.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
That total is just one shy of the number of homicides recorded by this time in 2025, a year in which officials noted a vexing increase in homicides despite a substantial decline in other crime.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
As for the effect on legal gun owners, Cukier pointed to statistics that show around half of firearms used in homicides in Canada had been obtained legally, at least initially.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Officials from the Baja California Attorney General’s Office said that the vast majority of homicides in the state are related in some way to illicit activities, such as drug dealing.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Mel Fronczek, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
To combat an epidemic of fentanyl deaths, prosecutors around the country have increasingly treated fatal overdoses as homicides.
—Ari Fife, The Frontier, 17 Feb. 2026
Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Feb. 2026
The shooting comes days after OPD reported a steep reduction in gun violence and violent crime over a three-year period, including a 68% decrease in homicides, a 41% decrease in shootings, a 12% decrease in violent crime from 2023 through 2025.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
That total is just one shy of the number of homicides recorded by this time in 2025, a year in which officials noted a vexing increase in homicides despite a substantial decline in other crime.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
As for the effect on legal gun owners, Cukier pointed to statistics that show around half of firearms used in homicides in Canada had been obtained legally, at least initially.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Officials from the Baja California Attorney General’s Office said that the vast majority of homicides in the state are related in some way to illicit activities, such as drug dealing.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
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Authorities later sought to retry Springsteen and Scott, but, in 2009, a judge dismissed the charges after advances in DNA testing, technology unavailable at the time of the murders, identified another male suspect.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The letter to Hull in which Pender allegedly confessed to committing the murders was later deemed a fake, with Hull himself admitting that his cellmate wrote it.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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In the original, Hanks’ character is driven to madness, imagining that his neighbors in the creepy house across the street might be murderers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Rapists, murderers, and drug traffickers do not announce themselves or surrender voluntarily.—
Eric Balliet,
Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2026
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The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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After diplomatic negotiations, the Iranian state called off its assassins in 1998.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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One week later, on May 15, assassins forced Valdez, 50, from his car at midday and shot him at least a dozen times in downtown Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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