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homicide

[hom-uh-sahyd, hoh-muh-] / ˈhɒm əˌsaɪd, ˈhoʊ mə- /


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A former Las Vegas homicide detective told the jury earlier this week that no witnesses had been able to identify the shooter.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Greek officials have said he admitted moving the body but denied the homicide allegations.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Stivers had been reprimanded two months before Nancy’s kidnapping for delays securing crime-scene evidence in a homicide case, according to his personnel records.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said, “Our community deserves full transparency and accountability,” and the killing is being investigated as a homicide.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

These statistics, compiled by the criminologist Manuel Eisner, track the historical homicide levels in five European regions.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

President Claudia Sheinbaum has credited her administration’s efforts with reducing homicides by almost 50% in less than two years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

None of the agencies I contacted for this story replied to my inquiries about the status of the investigations—which, as with all unsolved homicides, officially remain open.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

By last year, Cali’s homicides were down to 1,107, according to Colombia’s medical examiner.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Where Americans think of graphically violent procedurals as comfort watches, the British prefer their TV homicides to be much tidier: Serious violence occurs offscreen.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

As it turned out, Enstice had a history of prematurely and incorrectly declaring deaths to be homicides without adequate supporting evidence.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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