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.