manslaughter

noun

Definition of manslaughternext
as in murder
law the crime of ending the life of a person without intending to do so She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people.

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Recent Examples of manslaughter Part of the problem was the perennially low pay of investigators building complex manslaughter cases. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Authorities arrested the driver of the Charger on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, Wheeler wrote. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 George, now 55, faced charges of manslaughter and vessel homicide in connection with the crash. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 He will be booked on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, the Monterey police said. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for manslaughter
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  1. murder
  2. homicide
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  • Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison after a Collin County jury in June rejected his claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Austin Metcalf in the stadium bleachers last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is once again seeking to overturn his state murder conviction in the 2020 killing of George Floyd, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
    — Riley Moser, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of murder
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  • The annual homicide rate roughly doubled between 2015 and 2020, surging past 100 lives lost.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The man in the barrel was found to have been shot and was declared a homicide victim.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of homicide

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“Manslaughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manslaughter. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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