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as in murders
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
it was feared that the missing man was the victim of a homicide, but no clues as to his disappearance were ever found
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as in murderers
a person who kills another person
throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide
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Recent Examples of homicides
Jeffrey Mackey, Steven Brown and Alexis Nieves each pleaded guilty to their respective charges in connection with the 2024 homicides, NBC 4 reports.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
Johnson, who has been in office since May 2023, said homicides were down 30% last year and there was also a 34% decrease in drug overdoses.
—Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 14 Jan. 2026
Multiple weapons were seized from the home of Michael McKee, and there is a preliminary link to one of the weapons that ties it to the homicides, Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant said.
—Selina Guevara, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
Police recorded 97 homicides in London in 2025, down from 109 in 2024 and the fewest since 2014.
—CNN Money, 13 Jan. 2026
There were 230 homicides in Los Angeles in 2025, according to the LAPD.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The Daily Southtown also tracked two homicides each in Glenwood, Markham, Matteson and Lansing in 2025.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Violent crime incidents, property crime incidents and property crime victimization were also down in 2024 citywide, CMPD said in its end-of-year report, though homicides and violent crime victimization ticked up.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
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The state only has to prove that McKee intended and accomplished the murders.—
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Capote got the go-ahead from The New Yorker’s editor, William Shawn, to delineate the effects the murders were having on the small Kansas community.—
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The real horror is that the murderers are so thoroughly human.—
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And, of course, Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders, whose Shelby family of murderers and miscreants amassed such a cult following over six seasons that the series is getting its own movie in March.—
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Lawful killings by police officers are not included in the LAPD’s homicide total; officials have said the Porter killing remains under investigation.—
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Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort.—
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When a father seeking vengeance, an American operative experiencing a string of bad luck, and several independent assassins hailing from around the world all end up on the same bullet train bound for Kyoto, the results are violent — and the survivors minimal.—
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The situation gets more complex with the addition of a bunch of oddball assassins trying to murder the neighbor, plus other mysterious and shady types like his former associate Laverne (Weaver).—
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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