Criminal and Homicide

Criminal

Criminal noun - A person who has committed a crime.

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Homicide and criminal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Homicide" instead a noun "Criminal".

Homicide noun - The intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life.

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Criminal and homicide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Criminal" instead a noun "Homicide".

Nearby Word: homicidal

human	human criminal	human homicide
single	single criminal	single homicide
brutal	brutal criminal	brutal homicide
actual	actual criminal	actual homicide
Other adjectives: real, violent, infamous, potential, outright, worst, serial, teenage, suspected.

Homicide: Life on the Street did a cleverly-framed recap set in a house across the street from a wanted criminal's.

Source: Recap Episode
In fact, in Louisiana (and generally in American criminal law) his offence would more likely be negligent homicide.

Source: Recap / Swamp Thing Volume 2 Issue 25 The Sleep Of Reason
While acknowledging that genuine brutality does exist, the book also makes the point that in the homicide unit at least, nine out of ten cases that the detectives will encounter will be criminal-on-criminal violence.

Source: Police Brutality

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