"manslaughter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: manslaughters [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|manslaȝter}} Middle English manslaȝter, {{compound|en|man|slaughter}} man + slaughter, {{inh|en|ang|mansliht||murder; killing of a person}} Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), {{compound|ang|mann|sliht|nocat=1|t1=person|t2=killing}} mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), {{cog|sco|manslauchter||homicide}} Scots manslauchter (“homicide”), {{cog|ofs|monslaga||murder}} Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural manslaughters)
  1. (obsolete) The slaying of a human being. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
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  2. (law) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations (act of killing unlawfully): manslag (Afrikaans), непредумишлено убийство (nepredumišleno ubijstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), homicidi involuntari [masculine] (Catalan), 誤殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 误杀 (wùshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 過失殺人 (Chinese Mandarin), 过失杀人 (guòshī shārén) (Chinese Mandarin), 非預謀殺人罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 非预谋杀人罪 (fēi yùmóu shārén zuì) (Chinese Mandarin), denladh [masculine] (Cornish), zabití z nedbalosti (Czech), zabití [neuter] (Czech), neúmyslné zabití (Czech), manddrab [neuter] (Danish), doodslag [masculine] (Dutch), manndráp [neuter] (Faroese), kuolemantuottamus (Finnish), tappo (Finnish), homicide involontaire [masculine] (French), homicide involontaire coupable [Canada] [law] (French), განუზრახველი მკვლელობა (ganuzraxveli mḳvleloba) (Georgian), Totschlag (english: intentional) [masculine] (German), [Verbrechen] mit Todesfolge (english: intentional harm but unintentional killing) [masculine] (German), fahrlässige Tötung (english: negligent) [masculine] (German), ανθρωποκτονία (anthropoktonía) [feminine] (Greek), gondatlanságból elkövetett emberölés (english: out of negligence) (Hungarian), előre meg nem fontolt szándékkal elkövetett emberölés (note: not premeditated) (Hungarian), erős felindulásban elkövetett emberölés (english: out of passion/overexcitement) (Hungarian), manndráp [neuter] (Icelandic), dúnorgain [feminine] (Irish), omicidio colposo [masculine] (Italian), 故殺 (alt: こさつ, kosatsu; voluntary) (Japanese), 過失致死 (alt: かしつちし, kashitsuchishi; involuntary) (Japanese), 過失致死罪 (kashitsuchishizai) (alt: かしつちしざい) (Japanese), 고살 (gosal) (alt: 故殺) (Korean), dunverys neuvyskidagh [masculine] (Manx), matenga pokerehū (Maori), whakamate ohonoa (Maori), uaktsomt drap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nieumyślne spowodowanie śmierci [neuter] (Polish), homicídio culposo [masculine] (Portuguese), непредумы́шленное уби́йство (nepredumýšlennoje ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), duine-mharbhadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ubojstvo iz nehaja [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), homicidio [masculine] (Spanish), homicidio involuntario [masculine] (Spanish), dråp [general, neuter] (Swedish), vållande till annans död (english: Sweden Swedish) [neuter] (Swedish), dödsvållande (english: Finland Swedish) [neuter] (Swedish), నరహత్య (narahatya) (Telugu), ngộ sát (Vietnamese), dynladdiad [masculine] (Welsh)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: constructive manslaughter, criminally negligent manslaughter, first-degree manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, voluntary manslaughter Related terms: self-slaughter

Inflected forms

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          "word": "kuolemantuottamus"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "tappo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "homicide involontaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "Canada"
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          "topics": [
            "law"
          ],
          "word": "homicide involontaire coupable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ganuzraxveli mḳvleloba",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "განუზრახველი მკვლელობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "intentional",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Totschlag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "intentional harm but unintentional killing",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "[Verbrechen] mit Todesfolge"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "negligent",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "fahrlässige Tötung"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anthropoktonía",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "english": "out of negligence",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "gondatlanságból elkövetett emberölés"
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          "word": "erős felindulásban elkövetett emberölés"
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "manndráp"
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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          "word": "dúnorgain"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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          "word": "omicidio colposo"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "故殺"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "過失致死"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gosal",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "고살"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "dunverys neuvyskidagh"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "matenga pokerehū"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "whakamate ohonoa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "uaktsomt drap"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nieumyślne spowodowanie śmierci"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "homicídio culposo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nepredumýšlennoje ubíjstvo",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "непредумы́шленное уби́йство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "duine-mharbhadh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ubojstvo iz nehaja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "homicidio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "homicidio involuntario"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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          "word": "dråp"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "english": "Sweden Swedish",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vållande till annans död"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "english": "Finland Swedish",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "dödsvållande"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "narahatya",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "నరహత్య"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
          "word": "ngộ sát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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          "ref": "1930, Marmaduke Pickthall, transl., The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, surah 5, verse 32:",
          "text": "For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.",
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      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "manslag"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "homicidi involuntari"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "誤殺"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wùshā",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "误杀"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "過失殺人"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guòshī shārén",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "过失杀人"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "fēi yùmóu shārén zuì",
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      "word": "非预谋杀人罪"
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      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "doodslag"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "kuolemantuottamus"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "tappo"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homicide involontaire"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
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      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "homicide involontaire coupable"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ganuzraxveli mḳvleloba",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "განუზრახველი მკვლელობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "intentional",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Totschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "intentional harm but unintentional killing",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "[Verbrechen] mit Todesfolge"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "negligent",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "fahrlässige Tötung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anthropoktonía",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ανθρωποκτονία"
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      "code": "hu",
      "english": "out of negligence",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "gondatlanságból elkövetett emberölés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "not premeditated",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "előre meg nem fontolt szándékkal elkövetett emberölés"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "out of passion/overexcitement",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "erős felindulásban elkövetett emberölés"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "manndráp"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dúnorgain"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "omicidio colposo"
    },
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      "alt": "こさつ, kosatsu; voluntary",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "故殺"
    },
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      "alt": "かしつちし, kashitsuchishi; involuntary",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "過失致死"
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    {
      "alt": "かしつちしざい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kashitsuchishizai",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "過失致死罪"
    },
    {
      "alt": "故殺",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gosal",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "고살"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dunverys neuvyskidagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "matenga pokerehū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "whakamate ohonoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uaktsomt drap"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nieumyślne spowodowanie śmierci"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homicídio culposo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepredumýšlennoje ubíjstvo",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "непредумы́шленное уби́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duine-mharbhadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ubojstvo iz nehaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homicidio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homicidio involuntario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "general",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dråp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "Sweden Swedish",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vållande till annans död"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "Finland Swedish",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dödsvållande"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "narahatya",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "నరహత్య"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "word": "ngộ sát"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of killing unlawfully",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dynladdiad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "manslaughter"
}

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