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manslaughter

[man-slaw-ter] / ˈmænˌslɔ tər /
NOUN
killing without malicious forethought
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Manslaughter charges for accidents on movie sets are rare.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Manslaughter charges against them, filed in 2020, were dismissed by a federal judge in October, but Fairfax prosecutors are appealing that.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Noem’s secretary of public safety, Craig Price, said in a publicly-released letter to House Speaker Spencer Gosch that he believed the attorney general should have been charged with 2nd Degree Manslaughter.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

Manslaughter charges were dropped against two former BP well site managers involved in the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil drilling disaster on Wednesday, and one pleaded guilty to an environmental crime, federal prosecutors said.

From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2015

And, pray, who married my lady Manslaughter t'other day, the great fortune?

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George




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