manslaughter
noun [U] /ˈmænˌslɔː.tər/
/-ˌslɑː.t̬ɚ/ legalDefinition
› 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. → Compare murder noun, suicideMurder and attempted murderKilling
(Definition of manslaughter noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- assassinate verb
- assassination noun
- attempt noun
- blow sb away phrasal verb (KILL)
- blow sb's brains out idiom
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