homicide

noun4

1. •
   the act of killing another person, whether it was planned or not
2. •
   (US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide.
3. •
   (US) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

   • We don't even know the woman was a homicide. Didn't they say it was possible they both jumped? — 2003
4. •
   A person who kills another.

   • Homicides in general and victorious warriors in particular are often obliged to perform a variety of ceremonies for the purpose of ridding them of the dangerous ghosts of their victims. — 1911