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manslaughter

noun

Definition of manslaughter

as in murder

law the crime of ending the life of a person without intending to do so She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people.

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Recent Examples of manslaughter Austin Summers, 31, of Meridian, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and felony injury to a child after a November 2025 crash on Interstate 84 near Nampa killed his 7-year-old son Graham. — Chadd Cripe. Produced With Ai Assistance, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026 Her mother, Samantha Johnson, is now serving nearly 16 years in prison after pleading to voluntary manslaughter and child abuse. — Maddie White, CBS News, 30 July 2026 When Pamela Cox died from her injuries, prosecutors refiled the case with the manslaughter charge. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 July 2026 Although neither would justify a homicide, experts believe the defense could be laying the foundation for a self-defense or crime-of-passion argument that could lessen the murder charge to manslaughter. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for manslaughter

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Their son Nick, 32, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing the filmmaker and his wife to death.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Police had not seen him again until he and Gilson were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the head in what law enforcement officials believe was a murder-suicide.

— Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

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The series follows trainee Detective Eva Bennett, played by Dynevor, who returns to Manchester and joins a new homicide investigation run by her fearsome estranged mother – the legendary Detective Chief Inspector Lois Mercer, played by Morton.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
After deliberating for just over an hour, the all-male, white, Protestant jury unanimously decided that 32-year-old spinster Borden didn’t commit a brazen daytime double homicide.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

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