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manslaughter

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12 lettersPronunciation /ˈmænˌslɔːtə/Part of speech nounSorted aaeghlmnrstuStarts with MEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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  1. homicide without malice aforethought

Word origin

From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).

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