manslaughternoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmænˌslɔː.tər/us/ˈmænˌslɑː.t̬ɚ/the crime of killing a person when the killer did not intend to do it or cannot be responsible for his or her actions:
She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for manslaughter.
He denies murder but admits manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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murder noun
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- martyr
- martyred
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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