Tom is a suspect in a homicide investigation.
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Homicide
//ˈhɑm.əˌsaɪ̯d//
Synonyms for "homicide" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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5 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
7 entriesrelated to
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
Translations
129 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- doodslag (unintentional) noun (the killing of one person by another)
- moord noun (the killing of one person by another)
- moordenaar noun (a person who kills another)
Armenian
3 entries- մարդասպան noun (a person who kills another)
- մարդասպանություն noun (the killing of one person by another)
- սպանություն noun (the killing of one person by another)
Asturian
1 entries- homicidiu noun (the killing of one person by another)
Belarusian
2 entries- забо́йства noun (the killing of one person by another)
- забо́йца noun (a person who kills another)
Bulgarian
3 entries- уби́ец noun (a person who kills another)
- уби́йство noun (the killing of one person by another)
- уби́йца noun (a person who kills another)
Catalan
1 entries- homicidi noun (the killing of one person by another)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 他殺 /他杀 noun (the killing of one person by another)
- 兇手 /凶手 noun (a person who kills another)
- 受害者 noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
- 殺人 /杀人 noun (the killing of one person by another)
Czech
1 entries- vražda noun (the killing of one person by another)
Danish
3 entries- mord noun (the killing of one person by another)
- morder noun (a person who kills another)
- mordoffer noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
Dutch
2 entries- doodslag (unintentional) noun (the killing of one person by another)
- moord noun (the killing of one person by another)
Esperanto
1 entries- murdo noun (the killing of one person by another)
Faroese
2 entries- dráp noun (the killing of one person by another)
- morð noun (the killing of one person by another)
Finnish
4 entries- (unintentional) tappo noun (the killing of one person by another)
- murha noun (the killing of one person by another)
- murhaaja noun (a person who kills another)
- murhattu noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
French
4 entries- assassin noun (a person who kills another)
- assassinat noun (the killing of one person by another)
- homicide noun (the killing of one person by another)
- homicide noun (a person who kills another)
Galician
1 entries- homicidio noun (the killing of one person by another)
German
4 entries- Mord noun (the killing of one person by another)
- Mörder noun (a person who kills another)
- Opfer noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
- Totschlag noun (the killing of one person by another)
Greek
3 entries- ανθρωποκτονία noun (the killing of one person by another)
- ανθρωποκτονία noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
- ανθρωποκτόνος noun (a person who kills another)
Hungarian
2 entries- emberölés noun (the killing of one person by another)
- gyilkos noun (a person who kills another)
Icelandic
1 entries- manndráp noun (the killing of one person by another)
Ido
1 entries- homocido noun (the killing of one person by another)
Indonesian
2 entries- pembunuh noun (a person who kills another)
- pembunuhan noun (the killing of one person by another)
Italian
4 entries- assassina noun (a person who kills another)
- assassinio noun (the killing of one person by another)
- assassino noun (a person who kills another)
- omicida noun (a person who kills another)
Japanese
3 entries- 人殺し noun (a person who kills another)
- 殺人 noun (the killing of one person by another)
- 殺人者 noun (a person who kills another)
Korean
2 entries- 살인 noun (the killing of one person by another)
- 살인자 noun (a person who kills another)
Latin
2 entries- homicīda noun (a person who kills another)
- homicīdium noun (the killing of one person by another)
Latvian
1 entries- slepkavība noun (the killing of one person by another)
Macedonian
1 entries- убиство noun (the killing of one person by another)
Malayalam
3 entries- കൊലപാതകം noun (the killing of one person by another)
- നരഹത്യ noun (the killing of one person by another)
- വധം noun (the killing of one person by another)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- drap noun (the killing of one person by another)
- drapskvinne noun (a person who kills another)
- drapsmann noun (a person who kills another)
- drapsperson noun (a person who kills another)
Occitan
1 entries- omicidi noun (the killing of one person by another)
Persian
1 entries- آدمکشی noun (the killing of one person by another)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Mort noun (the killing of one person by another)
Polish
3 entries- morderca noun (a person who kills another)
- morderczyni noun (a person who kills another)
- zabójstwo noun (the killing of one person by another)
Portuguese
2 entries- homicida noun (a person who kills another)
- homicídio noun (the killing of one person by another)
Romanian
4 entries- asasinat noun (the killing of one person by another)
- homicid noun (the killing of one person by another)
- omor noun (the killing of one person by another)
- omucidere noun (the killing of one person by another)
Russian
3 entries- гомици́д noun (the killing of one person by another)
- уби́йство noun (the killing of one person by another)
- уби́йца noun (a person who kills another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ubístvo noun (the killing of one person by another)
- umórstvo noun (the killing of one person by another)
- ùbica noun (a person who kills another)
- ùbojica noun (a person who kills another)
Slovak
3 entries- vrah noun (a person who kills another)
- vrahyňa noun (a person who kills another)
- vražda noun (the killing of one person by another)
Slovene
3 entries- morilec noun (a person who kills another)
- morilka noun (a person who kills another)
- umor noun (the killing of one person by another)
Spanish
3 entries- homicida noun (a person who kills another)
- homicidio noun (the killing of one person by another)
- victimario noun (a person who kills another)
Swedish
3 entries- mord noun (the killing of one person by another)
- mordoffer noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
- mördare noun (a person who kills another)
Tagalog
2 entries- homisidyo noun (the killing of one person by another)
- pagkapatay noun (the killing of one person by another)
Turkish
3 entries- cani (cânî) noun (a person who kills another)
- cinayet noun (the killing of one person by another)
- kurban noun (police jargon: a victim of homicide)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вби́вство noun (the killing of one person by another)
- вби́вця noun (a person who kills another)
- уби́вство noun (the killing of one person by another)
- уби́вця noun (a person who kills another)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Homicide is punishable by death.
Source: tatoeba (1042314)
Tom was a homicide detective before he retired.
Source: tatoeba (1092449)
The father and the son will be tried for homicide.
Source: tatoeba (1402654)
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