קוּרְצִין, (v. קַרְצָא) destruction. Treat. Der. Er. ch. XI [read:] האוכל ק׳ הרי זה וכ׳ the informer belongs to the class of shedders of blood (ref. to Lev. XIX, 16).—[Tosef. B. Mets. IX, 19, v. קֶרֶץ.]