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unlawful death

unlawful death noun: criminal homicide of a human being; manslaughter or murder or infanticide.

Noun

unlawful death (plural unlawful deaths)

  1. criminal homicide of a human being; manslaughter or murder or infanticide.
    • "In this case, the knife did not have to be used [...] It was used and it caused an unlawful death."...Crown Prosecutor, Ron Hogan.2014, Tony Blais, “Edmonton court hears arguments in Jasper stabbing”, in Sun News

Forms of unlawful death

pluralunlawful deaths

Questions about unlawful death

What does unlawful death mean?
Unlawful death means criminal homicide of a human being; manslaughter or murder or infanticide.
What part of speech is unlawful death?
Unlawful death is a noun.
What is the plural of unlawful death?
The plural of unlawful death is unlawful deaths.

Words near unlawful death in the dictionary

  1. unlavished
  2. unlavishly
  3. unlaw
  4. unlawed
  5. unlawful
  6. unlawful death
  7. unlawful deaths
  8. unlawful detainer
  9. unlawful non-citizen
  10. unlawful non-citizens
  11. unlawfullness

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