"unlawful death" meaning in English

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Noun

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
    Sense id: en-unlawful_death-en-noun-t-YNwbsT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014, Tony Blais, “Edmonton court hears arguments in Jasper stabbing”, in Sun News:",
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