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trucider

to kill, bump off

verb tru-see-DAY Rare
People & Society Crime

Origin: Latin trucidare 'to slaughter'

Usage Note

Trucider is informal to mildly humorous in register — it means to kill but with a slightly theatrical or ironic tone, unlike the neutral tuer. You might say je vais le trucider ('I'm going to bump him off') in jest when annoyed, not typically in serious criminal or news contexts.

Examples

"Le héros trucide le méchant à la fin."

Natural Translation

The hero bumps off the villain at the end.

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