corporate manslaughter

noun

An offence or crime in some countries committed by a company or organisation, where a fatality or fatalities have occurred through a breach of the duty of care.

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Meanings

nouncorporate manslaughter (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawAn offence or crime in some countries committed by a company or organisation, where a fatality or fatalities have occurred through a breach of the duty of care.

    "The News of the World and The Mirror were calling for my resignation. There was stuff about corporate manslaughter, signallers were being spat at in shops, and signal box windows were being broken."

    2026 March 4, Christian Wolmar, “Railtrack: what really happened”, in RAIL, number 1056, pages 53-54
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APA

corporate manslaughter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporate%20manslaughter

MLA

“corporate manslaughter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporate%20manslaughter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corporate manslaughter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corporate%20manslaughter.

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