The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HOMICIDE
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More clues leading to the result HOMICIDE
- Crime of America's neighbour probed by police
- Murderer -- one detectives found in private residence
- Murder in institution probed by one leading police department
- In which cases start to involve detectives?
- Murder — one group of detectives seen in house
- International detectives involved in domestic killing
- Chief Inspector and plainclothesmen probe domestic’s murder
- India’s top investigators entering location of murder
- One with police department enters residence for murder
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What does HOMICIDE mean?
HOMICIDE noun- The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- A person who kills another.
- (police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.