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Murder is the most common word. Homicide is often the legal term used for it. It can also be termed as manslaughter. The criminal code of the state may specify the definitions.
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What is the word for killing a teacher?
Killing teacher is called 'Teachercide"
What is another word for killing someone?
Murder is another word.
What is the word for killing your parents?
Murder. Or Manslaughter, if it was an accident.
Is it possible to justify a murder?
There are things that legally justify killing a person-- but the word "murder" means an unjustified killing. A killing in self defense, for example, may be a justifiable homicide and not a crime.
Is there a word that describes Killing a teacher?
No, there is no specific adjective that describes killing a teacher. The word for someone who kills a teacher is a murderer (noun), the crime is murder (noun), to kill a teacher is murder (verb). But don't despair, there is a word that could come in handy, verbicide: the willful distortion or depreciation of the original meaning of a word.
What is the scientfic word for murder?
There is no "scientific" word for murder it is a legal term defined as the unjustified and/or unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. Most synonyms for murder such as infanticide, homicide, regicide are based on some description to whom it happens ( homo "man") and a description of the act ( from the Latin -cidium "act of killing" )
What is an expression using the word bird?
"Flipping the bird" is an expression that uses the word 'bird.' Another expression that uses the word is "killing two birds with one stone."
Can you make a sentence using the word infanticide?
Yes, you can make a sentence using the word infanticide.
What is the purpose of manslaughter's in the society?
Manslaughter is the word used for killing another person without intending to do so, but when it happens because of negligence or carelessness. Accidents happen, but reckless carelessness deserves to be punished. If the killing was intentional, then it is called "murder". "First degree murder" is when the killing is planned; "second degree murder" happens at the spur of the moment, or in times of great anger.
What are the different types of murder?
Unless you actually meant to ask about the definition of the word homicide, of which there are several possible variations, murder itself is the INTENTIONAL killing of another human being - period.
What type of noun is murder?
The word murder is a singular, common, abstract noun; a word for the crime of killing a person illegally.
What does murder mean?
The basic definition of the word is, the unlawful killing of another person. In different states in the U.S. the word can have a slightly different legal definition, but it's close to that.
