Meanings
plural involuntary manslaughters
- countableuncountableReckless killing of a human being without malice aforethought and intention.
Ruth was prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter after she hit Tony with a car.
1 more example
In 2003, Christopher Below was in an interrogation room at the Evansville Police Department when he admitted to Detective Scott Thomas of the Evansville Police Department that he had shot Kathern Fetzer in his apartment and disposed of the body in a commercial trash bin. Her remains were never recovered, and Below pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
2026 August 6, Nicholas Muhoro, “An Ohio Teen Vanished During a One-Mile Drive in 1994. Her Locked Car Was Found Hours Later”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2026
Translations
Danish uagtsomt manddrab
- uagtsomt manddrabunlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Hungarian gondatlanságból elkövetett emberölés
- gondatlanságból elkövetett emberölésunlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Icelandic manndráp
- manndrápunlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Japanese 過失致死
- 過失致死 (kashitsu-chishi)unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Russian причине́ние сме́рти по неосторо́жности, уби́йство по неосторо́жности
- причине́ние сме́рти по неосторо́жности (pričinénije smérti po neostoróžnosti)unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
- уби́йство по неосторо́жности (ubíjstvo po neostoróžnosti)unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Spanish homicidio culposo, homicidio imprudente (Esp., RD.)
- homicidio culposounlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
- homicidio imprudente (Esp., RD.)unlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Swedish vållande till annans död, dödsvållande
- vållande till annans dödunlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
- dödsvållandeunlawful killing of a human being without intent to do so
Cite this entry
involuntary manslaughter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/involuntary%20manslaughter
“involuntary manslaughter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/involuntary%20manslaughter. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “involuntary manslaughter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/involuntary%20manslaughter.
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