HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. Ther... - Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

"HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There arefour kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, andpraiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slainwhether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is foradvantage of the lawyers."

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