Which dictionaries are those? Here's the Google result:
> the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.
> the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another; murder.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homicide https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/homicide http://www.dictionary.com/browse/homicide
from definitions.uslegal.com