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infanticide

noun
/ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/UK

Etymology

From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.

  1. derived from īnfanticīdium
  2. borrowed from infanticide

Definitions

  1. The murder of an infant.

    • PROLICIDE […] Admits of two divisions, fœticide or criminal abortion and infanticide or the destruction of the new born infant.

  2. The murder of a child by a parent

    The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.

  3. The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while…

    The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

    2. The murderer of a child

      The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.

The neighborhood

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