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corporate manslaughter

corporate manslaughter noun: an offence or crime in some countries committed by a company or organisation, where a fatality or fatalities have occurred through a breach of the duty of care.

Noun

corporate manslaughter (uncountable)

  1. An offence or crime in some countries committed by a company or organisation, where a fatality or fatalities have occurred through a breach of the duty of care.
    • "The News of the World and The Mirror were calling for my resignation. There was stuff about corporate manslaughter, signallers were being spat at in shops, and signal box windows were being broken."2026 March 4, Christian Wolmar, “Railtrack: what really happened”, in RAIL, number 1056, pages 53-54

Questions about corporate manslaughter

What does corporate manslaughter mean?
Corporate manslaughter means an offence or crime in some countries committed by a company or organisation, where a fatality or fatalities have occurred through a breach of the duty of care.
What part of speech is corporate manslaughter?
Corporate manslaughter is a noun.

Words near corporate manslaughter in the dictionary

  1. corporate ladder
  2. corporate ladders
  3. corporate law
  4. corporate lawyer
  5. corporate lawyers
  6. corporate manslaughter
  7. Corporate Memphis
  8. corporate nun
  9. corporate nuns
  10. corporate raid
  11. corporate raider

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