NHI

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Meaning · English

Acronym of no human involved (“describing a crime committed against a person deemed societally undesirable”).

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

As incensed as the public gets at appallingly brutal killings–the ones that blow away innocents–police expend little sympathy on criminal-to-criminal mayhem. An acronym drifts unwritten about the system; those are NHI crimes–No Human Involved. Such talk is severely not part of official policy […]

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “NHI” mean?

Acronym of no human involved (“describing a crime committed against a person deemed societally undesirable”).

Is “NHI” formal or informal?

NHI is generally slang.