involuntary manslaughter

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involuntary manslaughter

noun involuntary manslaughters

  1. countable, uncountable Reckless killing of a human being without malice aforethought and intention. Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.

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noun unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so

Españolhomicidio culposo, homicidio imprudente (Esp., RD.)
日本語過失致死 kashitsu-chishi
Русскийпричине́ние сме́рти по неосторо́жности pričinénije smérti po neostoróžnosti, уби́йство по неосторо́жности ubíjstvo po neostoróžnosti

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@misc{involuntary_manslaughter_2026,
  title = {involuntary manslaughter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/involuntary%20manslaughter},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}