involuntary manslaughter

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English

Noun

involuntary manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural involuntary manslaughters)

Reckless killing of a human being without malice aforethought and intention.
Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.

Hyponyms

(unlawful killing without malice aforethought): constructive manslaughter, criminally negligent manslaughter

Translations

unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so

Danish: uagtsomt manddrab n
Hungarian: gondatlanságból elkövetett emberölés
Icelandic: manndráp (is) n
Japanese: 過失致死 (ja) (かしつちし, kashitsu-chishi)
Spanish: homicidio culposo m, homicidio imprudente m (Esp., RD.)
Swedish: vållande till annans död (sv) n, dödsvållande n (Finland)

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