no human involved

no human involved

English

Adjective

no human involved (not comparable)

1. (slang) Term used by police to describe or reference crimes committed against people who are deemed undesirable, such as those with criminal records, prostitutes, drug addicts, and transients.
   • 2003, John Lescroart, The Oath, Chapter 37:

     He was not working with what the police facetiously call a no-humans-involved case, where everyone involved whether as witness or suspect already has a substantial criminal record.

   • 2008, Linda Fairstein, Killer Heat, page 191:

     Cops closed them all with a code: NHI. The unsolved crimes had been back-burnered until a reporter revealed that the letters stamped on the police files were shorthand for No Human Involved.

   • 2010, Martha C. Lawrence, Pisces Rising, page 33:

     I remembered Ed's offensive remark—“No human involved in that first murder anyway”—and tried to keep the disdain off my face.

See also

• NHI