Synonyms of manslaughter

manslaughter

noun

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.

Related Words

• murder
• homicide
• killing
• slaying
• slaughter
• massacre
• execution
• assassination
• bloodshed
• butchery
• destruction
• carnage
• foul play
• blood
• chance-medley
• decimation
• euthanasia
• rubout
• parricide
• hit
• mercy killing
• matricide
• regicide
• fratricide
• patricide
• filicide
• uxoricide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manslaughter

The sentencing by Judge Jessica Green followed Trabue's Alford plea in July to reduced charges of second-degree manslaughter and one count of criminal facilitation of robbery. — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026

Olejniczak Marodi had previously been convicted of voluntary manslaughter for fatally stabbing husband James Joseph Olejniczak. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The jury could consider first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter charges in the trial of the Massachusetts mother accused of murder after strangling her three young children in 2023. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

After more than a week of witness testimony, a Cass County jury in April 2021 found Yust guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Kopetsky, 17, and second-degree murder in the death of Runions, 21. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026