How to use manslaughter in a sentence

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• If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.From the entry voluntary
• Luis got arrested for voluntary manslaughter when he fatally struck Jimmy in a barfight.From the entry voluntary manslaughter
• Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.From the entry involuntary manslaughter
• One who causes another's death by culpable negligence is guilty of second-degree manslaughter.From the entry culpable negligence
• Extreme assaultives were operationally defined as those who were convicted of murder, manslaughter, or attempted murder.1980, Curt R. Bartol, chapter 8, in Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach,, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, page 223. From the entry assaultive
• 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. From the entry corporate manslaughter
• Had Barkley done in the Topeka cat, it may have been manslaughter, or catslaughter, I guess, but not murder.2006, Al Martinez, Barkley: A Dog's Journey, →ISBN. From the entry catslaughter
• "He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Professor Challenger Goes Forth to Battle”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no.…. From the entry sock
• THREE Sydney brothers have pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a man fatally stabbed during a brawl that included a brief swordfight.2009 January 30, “Brothers admit swordfight killing of Sione Matavesi in Heckenberg”, in Herald Sun. From the entry swordfight
• Peter Normann, the physician who performed liposuctions and other procedures, has been charged in Superior Court with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of manslaughter.2008 October 22, Associated Press, “Physician Faces Murder Charges for 3 Liposuction Deaths”, in Fox News. From the entry liposuction
• Wherefore, in these days, almost every secret manslaughter is punished as murdrum, except those of whom (as I have said) it is certain that they are of servile condition.1918, G.G. Coulton, Social Life in Britain, page 26. From the entry murdrum
• A child under seven years of age is conclusively presumed to be incapable of either murder or manslaughter (presumptio juris et de jure), no evidence of capacity being admissible.1906, Richard Henslowe Wellington, The King's Coroner, page 61. From the entry conclusively presumed

Meaning of manslaughter

1. noun The slaying of a human being.
2. noun 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.

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Questions about manslaughter in a sentence

How do you use manslaughter in a sentence?

Manslaughter is used as a noun. For example: “If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.”

What is a short sentence with manslaughter?

“"He'll be had for manslaughter if we don't.”

What does manslaughter mean?

Manslaughter means the slaying of a human being.