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 jury is able to consider first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter charges. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Jurors also have the option to find Clancy guilty of the lesser offenses of second-degree murder — punishable by a life sentence with the possibility of parole — or manslaughter, which carries a 20-year maximum sentence. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Allen Matis, 67, is also facing charges of DUI manslaughter and reckless vehicular homicide. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Wagstaffe added that, if convicted, Adame could face up to three years in prison for the hit-and-run charge and one year in prison for the vehicular manslaughter charge. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026