What term refers to the intentional killing of another person?

• A. Manslaughter
• B. Murder
• C. Stranger homicide
• D. Assassination

Answer: (B)

Intentional killing is described as murder. The key distinction is that murder involves malice aforethought—an intent to kill or to cause serious harm, possibly with planning. Manslaughter, by contrast, involves a killing without that level of premeditation or malice, such as in the heat of passion or due to reckless disregard. Assassination is a type of murder with a specific context and motive—killing a prominent person, often for political reasons, and usually planned. A “stranger homicide” isn’t a formal category defining the act as murder; it just notes the relationship between killer and victim. So the term that best matches intentional killing is murder.