manslaughter
/ˈmænˌslɔːtə/US/ˈmænˌslɔtɚ/
manslaughter noun: the slaying of a human being.
Noun
manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural manslaughters)
- The slaying of a human being.
- For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 5, verse 32
- 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.
- In 2003, Christopher Below was in an interrogation room at the Evansville Police Department when he admitted to Detective Scott Thomas of the Evansville Police Department that he had shot Kathern Fetzer in his apartment and disposed of the body in a commercial trash bin. Her remains were never...2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026
manslaughter meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
manslaughter in Tamil
- நோக்கம் இல்லாக் கொலை, வன்மம்
manslaughter in Urdu
- غیرارادی قتل
manslaughter in Telugu
- act of killing unlawfully
- నరహత్య narahatya
manslaughter in Malayalam
- മനഃപൂർവ്വമല്ലാതെയുളള വധം
More languagesFewer languages
- manslaughter in Kannada
- ನರಹತ್ಯೆ, ಮನುಷ್ಯರ ಕೊಲೆ, ನರಹತ್ಯೆಯೆಂಬ ಅಪರಾಧ
- manslaughter in Vietnamese
- ngộ sát
Examples of manslaughter in a sentence
- If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
- Luis got arrested for voluntary manslaughter when he fatally struck Jimmy in a barfight.
- Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.
Forms of manslaughter
| plural | manslaughters |
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Origin of manslaughter
From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).
Words formed from manslaughter
- constructive manslaughter
- corporate manslaughter
- criminally negligent manslaughter
- first-degree manslaughter
- involuntary manslaughter
- manslaughterous
- second-degree manslaughter
- voluntary manslaughter
Questions about manslaughter
- What does manslaughter mean?
- Manslaughter means the slaying of a human being.
- What is manslaughter in Tamil?
- Manslaughter in Tamil is நோக்கம் இல்லாக் கொலை, வன்மம். See Manslaughter meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is manslaughter?
- Manslaughter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce manslaughter?
- Manslaughter is pronounced /ˈmænˌslɔːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of manslaughter?
- The plural of manslaughter is manslaughters.
Words near manslaughter in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manslaughter (page history and authors); manslaughter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manslaughter (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manslaughter (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manslaughter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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