doodslag — meaning in English
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English meaning
- homicide noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
- manslaughter noun The unlawful killing of a person without the deliberate intent required for murder, for example through negligence or in the heat of the moment.
- murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
Senses
doodslag is used for these senses in English:
- homicide (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- manslaughter (law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.
- murder (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.
homicide — full definition
- noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
- noun The police division that investigates killings.