deceased
/diˈsist/ noun C2- Synonym of dead (“those who have died”). · The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.· a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars
- One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.
Plural deceased
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The Socialists had many branches in America, and the deceased had, no doubt, infringed their unwritten laws, and been tracked down by them.
The deceased was an American gentleman who had been residing for some weeks in the Metropolis.
Every effort should be made to find the secretary, Stangerson, and to ascertain some particulars of the habits of the deceased.
It seems that both the victims belonged, in their younger days, to the Latter Day Saints, and Hope, the deceased prisoner, hails also from Salt Lake City.
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