homicide: Meaning and Definition of

hom•i•cide

Pronunciation: (hom'u-sīd", hō'mu-), [key]
— n.
  1. the killing of one human being by another.
  2. a person who kills another; murderer.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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