henkirikos

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (dated) homicide hypernym for crimes by which a person is caused to die unnaturally by another person
  • (informal) homicide

Etymology

Affix from Finnish henki (spirit, breath, life, ghost, person, spiritual) + Finnish rikos (crime, criminal).

Origin

Finnish

rikos

Gloss

crime, criminal

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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