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homicide

/ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/noun

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मानव-हत्या

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noun
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    [U, C] law

    the crime of killing somebody deliberately

    मानव-हत्या

    • He was charged with homicide.
    • The court tried him for homicide and acquitted him.
    • The police opened a homicide investigation.
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    • He was accused of homicide but proved his innocence.
    • The number of homicide cases in the city has fallen this year.

    Synonyms murder

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Synonyms

murder

⌂Word origin and word building

Learn the -cide set: suicide (oneself), fratricide (brother), patricide (father), matricide (mother), regicide (king), infanticide (infant), genocide (a whole race), pesticide (pests).

-cide वाला समूह याद रखिए: suicide (आत्महत्या), fratricide (भाई की हत्या), patricide (पिता की हत्या), matricide (माता की हत्या), regicide (राजा की हत्या), infanticide (शिशु की हत्या), genocide (पूरी जाति का संहार), pesticide (कीटनाशक)।

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The killing of a human being.

'मनुष्य की हत्या' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।