Homicideとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/
• (米国発音) enPR: hämʹə-sīdˈ, hōʹmə-sīdˈ; IPA: /ˈhɑm.əˌsaɪ̯d/, /ˈhoʊ.məˌsaɪ̯d/

名詞

homicide (countable and uncountable, plural homicides)

1. (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
2. (countable) A person who kills another.
   • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 195:

     Homicides in general and victorious warriors in particular are often obliged to perform a variety of ceremonies for the purpose of ridding them of the dangerous ghosts of their victims.

3. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
   • 1996, A J Holt, Watch Me:

     “She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?”
     “As hard as anyone else,” said Goddard. There was an irritated note in his voice. “She was a homicide. She got what every homicide investigation gets.”

   • 2003, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Keith's People, →ISBN, page 58:

     We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped?

   • 2004, Jon Talton, Dry Heat, →ISBN, page 40:

     The medical examiner was behind on autopsies and cranky, so we didn't even know if the old guy in the pool was a homicide.

4. (uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.

同意語

• (unlawful killing of a person by another): assassination (intentional), killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional)
• (person who unlawfully kills another person): See Thesaurus:killer
• (victim of homicide): murder victim

上位語

• (unlawful killing of a person by another): crime

下位語

派生語

参考

Further reading

• homicide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia