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WRONGFUL DEATH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
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Hypernyms ("wrongful death" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)