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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
Six homicides have been reported in Stockton this month, including three killings over a three-day span.
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Nina Burns,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Statistics presented by Deputy Chief Doug Niemeier showed that homicides remain down 21 percent compared to the same point last year, but noted that June has seen an uptick in violence.
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Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Then 2024 was the third consecutive year of decreasing homicides in Chicago, and 2025 was the fourth.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 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.
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Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
Three and a half years after the homicides, the emotions are still raw.
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Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2025
There were 6,953 homicides across South Africa during that same period, police statistics showed.
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Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2025
Philadelphia -- which recorded an all-time high of 562 homicides in 2021, 516 in 2022 and 410 last year -- has seen a 40% drop in homicides in 2024.
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Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
31 Dec. 2024
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
Statistics presented by Deputy Chief Doug Niemeier showed that homicides remain down 21 percent compared to the same point last year, but noted that June has seen an uptick in violence.
—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2026
Then 2024 was the third consecutive year of decreasing homicides in Chicago, and 2025 was the fourth.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 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
Three and a half years after the homicides, the emotions are still raw.
—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2025
There were 6,953 homicides across South Africa during that same period, police statistics showed.
—
Gerald Imray,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2025
Philadelphia -- which recorded an all-time high of 562 homicides in 2021, 516 in 2022 and 410 last year -- has seen a 40% drop in homicides in 2024.
—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
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The Bronx is still responsible for more than a third of the murders and shootings in the city, according to NYPD statistics.
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Heuermann's sentencing comes more than two decades after prosecutors say the killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, began with Costilla's death in November 1993.
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.
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That is always top of mind for writers like Ian Brennan, whose story about life and motivations of one of the most notorious murderers and grave robbers in American history was also an exploration of complex mental health struggles.
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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.
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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.
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Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost.
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Forced to flee together, the pair embark on a high-stakes road trip across Europe while being hunted by law enforcement, elite assassins and dangerous criminals.
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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