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Definition of culpable homicide noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

culpable homicide

noun

/ˌkʌlpəbl ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/

/ˌkʌlpəbl ˈhɑːmɪsaɪd/

[uncountable] (law)

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(in some countries) the crime of killing somebody illegally but not deliberately compare involuntary manslaughter, justifiable homicide

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