"unlawful death" meaning in All languages combined

See unlawful death on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: unlawful deaths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} unlawful death (plural unlawful deaths)
  1. criminal homicide of a human being; manslaughter or murder or infanticide. Categories (topical): Death Related terms: culpable homicide

Inflected forms

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