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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
Gary had 28 homicides in 2025, which is a 30% reduction from 40 in 2024.
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Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Investigators also cited a rising number of homicides in Georgia prisons, rising from seven in 2018 to 35 in 2023.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
That compares to 51 homicides reported by this time last year.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
The city averaged more than 500 homicides a year that decade.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
One in 4 homicides this year across Washington have been related to domestic violence incidents, according to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Jeffery Carroll.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
The following year, the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted Watkins’ killing in a story about unsolved homicides.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Since Bukele took office in 2019, government statistics show a drastic drop in homicides.
—Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 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
Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Investigators also cited a rising number of homicides in Georgia prisons, rising from seven in 2018 to 35 in 2023.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
That compares to 51 homicides reported by this time last year.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
The city averaged more than 500 homicides a year that decade.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
One in 4 homicides this year across Washington have been related to domestic violence incidents, according to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Jeffery Carroll.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
The following year, the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted Watkins’ killing in a story about unsolved homicides.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Since Bukele took office in 2019, government statistics show a drastic drop in homicides.
—Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 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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In the end the Supreme Court denied Broadnax's appeal based on the rap lyrics, as well as two other appeals based on the jury selection process and on a recent confession to the murders by his cousin.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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As this increasingly audacious killer develops a devoted following among the city’s powerless, Bishop becomes convinced these murders connect back to SF’s most powerful man, his own father, Lincoln Graves (John Malkovich).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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But Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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This specifically benefits murderers and rapists, the officials said, and implies that parole is automatic, not something earned.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2026
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Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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