involuntary manslaughter

English

Noun

involuntary manslaughter (countable and uncountable, plural involuntary manslaughters)

1. 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)

Further reading

• involuntary manslaughter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “involuntary manslaughter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.