Manslaughter
['mænslɔːtə] or ['mænslɔtɚ]
Definition
(n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
(n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.
Typed by Arthur
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Homicide (without malice).
Edited by Guthrie
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream that she sees, or is in any way connected with, manslaughter, denotes that she will be desperately scared lest her name be coupled with some scandalous sensation. See Murder.
Editor: Vanessa
Examples
- Neighbours, if Mrs. Yeobright were to die, d'ye think we should be took up and tried for the manslaughter of a woman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Ve got Tom Vildspark off that 'ere manslaughter, with a alleybi, ven all the big vigs to a man said as nothing couldn't save him. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Murder, manslaughter, arson, forgery, swindling, house-breaking, highway robbery, larceny, conspiracy, fraud? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Is he going to make it manslaughter, or what's he going to make of it? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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