manslaughter

English

Etymology

From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man +‎ slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mannslieht, mannsleaht (“homicide”), from mann (“man, person”) +‎ slieht, sleaht (“stroke, slaying”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).

Noun

manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural manslaughters)

(obsolete) The slaying of a human being.
(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger.

Derived terms

constructive manslaughter
criminally negligent manslaughter
first-degree manslaughter

Related terms

self-slaughter

Translations

act of killing unlawfully

Catalan: homicidi involuntari m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 誤殺 (zh), 误杀 (zh) (wùshā), 過失殺人, 过失杀人 (guòshī shārén)
Czech: zabití z nedbalosti, zabití (cs) n, neúmyslné zabití
Dutch: doodslag (nl) m
Faroese: manndráp n
Finnish: kuolemantuottamus (fi); tappo (fi) (which is translated into in a legal context)
French: homicide involontaire (fr) m
Georgian: განუზრახველი მკვლელობა (ganuzraxveli mḳvleloba)
German: Totschlag (de) m (intentional); [Verbrechen] mit Todesfolge m (intentional harm but unintentional killing); fahrlässige Tötung m (negligent)
Greek: ανθρωποκτονία (el) f (anthropoktonía)
Italian: omicidio colposo m

Japanese: 故殺 (こさつ, kosatsu; voluntary); 過失致死 (かしつちし, kashitsuchishi; involuntary), 過失致死罪 (かしつちしざい, kashitsuchishizai),
Maori: matenga pokerehū, whakamate ohonoa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uaktsomt drap n
Portuguese: homicídio culposo m
Russian: непредумы́шленное уби́йство n (nepredumýšlennoje ubíjstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: ubojstvo iz nehaja n
Spanish: homicidio (es) m, homicidio culposo m, homicidio involuntario m, homicidio negligente m
Swedish: dråp (sv) n (general), vållande till annans död n (Sweden Swedish), dödsvållande n (Finland Swedish)
Telugu: నరహత్య (narahatya)
Vietnamese: ngộ sát (vi)

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