homicides

noun

plural of homicide
1
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 In it, the Ford campaigned noted high opioid overdose deaths, firearm homicides, and child poverty in the district, among other issues. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026 The case comes as Tarrant County reports a second straight annual increase in intimate partner homicides. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026 Anyone with information about the homicides is asked to contact police directly at 816-234-5043 or reach out to the TIPS Hotline anonymously at 816-474-TIPS. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 Bass has talked up the city’s drop in violent crime, including a 47% reduction in homicides, and warned that Raman’s plan to remove the police chief would throw the LAPD into turmoil right before the Olympics. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 Mulroy’s election in 2022 as the county’s first Democratic district attorney in more than two decades came on the heels of a year with a record number of homicides. — Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2026 California’s homicide rate dropped to its lowest-ever level on record in 2025, as the number of violent crimes and homicides has dropped in recent decades, both statewide and nationally. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 This comes as violent crime rates, including homicides, dropped to historic lows. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 Eugene Horsch has not been charged with any homicides or missing-person offenses related to the missing women. — David Dematteo, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
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  1. murders
  2. murderers
  3. killings
  4. assassins
Noun
  • Von Wernich, a former police chaplain, was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 for his role in seven murders and dozens of kidnappings and torture cases during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The escalating legal battle centers on the holdout juror, who said he’s been harassed since the trial ended but continues to stand by his position that Clancy premeditated the murders of her children.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of murders
Noun
  • More than 40 years later, no efforts have been made to prosecute or extradite the presumptive murderers.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But poison, which so often served as the deadly weapon in her books, provided Christie with an intriguing literary arsenal for murderers.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • The Johnson County District Court sentenced Robinson to death for the killings of two women and to life in prison in Kansas for the killing of a third.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • Myung Jin Kim, 31, was wanted in connection with two killings, including a botched murder-for-hire plot in San Jose in 2016 and the killing of Kim’s friend in the parking lot of a CVS in Westminster two years later.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Definition of killings
Noun
  • Instead, Cartwright returns to his deceased grandfather’s home thrilled to see that Baker has successfully evaded both the Russian assassins and MI5’s own rabid dogs.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Those two Russian assassins turned out to be significantly more skilled than the horses and perhaps more motivated, too, in seeking revenge for the killing of one of their own.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
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