Tried if car smash results in manslaughter (10)
I believe the answer is:
fratricide
'manslaughter' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'tried if car smash' is the wordplay.
'smash' is an anagram indicator.
'tried'+'if'+'car'='triedifcar'
'triedifcar' anagrammed gives 'FRATRICIDE'.
'results in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fratricide that I've seen before include "The killing of one's brother" , "Cain's crime" , "Murder of a brother" .)