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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
For Markham, the double homicides were the only murders in all of 2025.
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Jermont Terry, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Not all homicides are murders, such as justified killings and negligent deaths.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Violent crime rates, including homicides, dropped significantly after Lester took the role.
—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
That compares to 42 homicides reported by this time last year.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Despite attrition at the LAPD in recent years, crime has plummeted, with homicides in the city falling to levels not seen since the 1950s.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Violent crime incidents, property crime incidents and property crime victimization were also down in 2024 citywide, CMPD said in its end-of-year report, though homicides and violent crime victimization ticked up.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Jermont Terry, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Not all homicides are murders, such as justified killings and negligent deaths.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Violent crime rates, including homicides, dropped significantly after Lester took the role.
—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
That compares to 42 homicides reported by this time last year.
—Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026
Despite attrition at the LAPD in recent years, crime has plummeted, with homicides in the city falling to levels not seen since the 1950s.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Violent crime incidents, property crime incidents and property crime victimization were also down in 2024 citywide, CMPD said in its end-of-year report, though homicides and violent crime victimization ticked up.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
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Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves in a July 2, 2025 deal that took the death penalty off the table.—
Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Gaff had been set to go to trial for the murders in September, but his guilty plea changes everything.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
17 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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The cast is a murderers row of British actors, and the twisting plot of the novel is full of introspection and doubt, which makes for a tight 127 minutes of shocking revelations told through stern and troubled looks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 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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No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2026
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Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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