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as in murder
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 murderer
a person who kills another person
throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide
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Recent Examples of homicide
He was being held in the jail while awaiting sentencing for an October 2024 guilty verdict in a double homicide during Mardi Gras in 2018.
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Peter D'abrosca , Nate Foy, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
The pair are thought to have died last Monday, and Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office reportedly listed both deaths as homicides.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Torres-Rodriguez was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of his wife in June 2024, 10 months after the homicide.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 1 June 2025
Kenneth Fowler, 49, was arrested last week on suspicion of gunning down Daniel Flores on Cactus Road south of Otay Mesa Road in March 2023, police homicide Lt. Lou Maggi said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Peter D'abrosca , Nate Foy, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
The pair are thought to have died last Monday, and Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office reportedly listed both deaths as homicides.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Torres-Rodriguez was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of his wife in June 2024, 10 months after the homicide.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 1 June 2025
Kenneth Fowler, 49, was arrested last week on suspicion of gunning down Daniel Flores on Cactus Road south of Otay Mesa Road in March 2023, police homicide Lt. Lou Maggi said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicide
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After being arrested at the end of season two during her wedding for the murder of Cynthia’s (Sabrina Grdevich) husband, Tom, Georgia is now on trial for her life in the show’s third installment.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
7 June 2025
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The second murder trial of Karen Read resumed Friday with testimony from a defense accident reconstruction witness, after the trial took a one-day pause due to sweltering heat in the Massachusetts court room.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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To populate this murderer’s row of, well, murderers, Davidson races against the clock to court talent and get them to New York in time for filming.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.—
Chris Pepin-Neff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2025
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New threats emerge, including a ruthless new villain (Bill Skarsgård) and a blind assassin from Wick’s past, played by Donnie Yen in a standout performance.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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The operation, made up of Belarusian contract killers, runs a ballet academy that is a front for their assassin training facility.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
6 June 2025
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“Homicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicide. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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