dead meat vs deceased

dead meat

• A corpse 

• Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished. 

deceased

• A dead person. 

• One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide. 

• Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead. 

• One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, "the deceased" refers to the victim of a homicide. 

• Belonging to the dead. 

• No longer alive; dead.