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==Origin==

==Origin==

Middle French, French ''massacre'' massacre, butchery

Middle French, French ''massacre'' massacre, butchery

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1578]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1578]

the first usage of which was "1588 J. PENRY Viewe Publ. Wants Wales 65 Men which make no [[conscience]] for gaine sake, to break the [[law]] of the æternall, and massaker soules...are dangerous subjects".

the first usage of which was "1588 J. PENRY Viewe Publ. Wants Wales 65 Men which make no [[conscience]] for gaine sake, to break the [[law]] of the æternall, and massaker soules...are dangerous subjects".

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

A '''massacre''' is an [[incident]] where some [[group]] is killed by another, and the perpetrating party are [[perceived]] to be in total [[control]] of [[force]] while the [[victimized]] party is perceived to be helpless and/or [[innocent]] with regard to any legitimate [[offense]]. There is no clear-cut [[definition]] for when killings are referred to as massacres or not, rather, this choice is a result of an [[individual]] or [[collective]] assessment, depending e.g. on how the circumstances of the killing align with given [[ideas]] of acceptable use of [[force]] and on the desired status of an event in collective [[memory]].

A '''massacre''' is an [[incident]] where some [[group]] is killed by another, and the perpetrating party are [[perceived]] to be in total [[control]] of [[force]] while the [[victimized]] party is perceived to be helpless and/or [[innocent]] with regard to any legitimate [[offense]]. There is no clear-cut [[definition]] for when killings are referred to as massacres or not, rather, this choice is a result of an [[individual]] or [[collective]] assessment, depending e.g. on how the circumstances of the killing align with given [[ideas]] of acceptable use of [[force]] and on the desired status of an event in collective [[memory]].

The term massacre derives from the Latin term for mass sacrifice. The first recorded use in English of the word massacre in the name of an event is "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe Marlowe] (c1600), The massacre at Paris" (a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]). Massacre can also be used as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately".

The term massacre derives from the Latin term for mass sacrifice. The first recorded use in English of the word massacre in the name of an event is "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe Marlowe] (c1600), The massacre at Paris" (a reference to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]). Massacre can also be used as a verb, as "To kill (people or, less commonly, [[animals]]) in numbers, esp. brutally and indiscriminately".

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]