INFANTICIDE

infanticide

(noun) murdering an infant

infanticide

(noun) a person who murders an infant

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

infanticide (countable and uncountable, plural infanticides)

The murder of an infant.

The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.

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

(zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

Source: Wiktionary

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In*fan"ti*cide, n. Etym: [L. infanticidium child murder; infans, - antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See Infant, and Homicide.]

Definition: The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.

In*fan"ti*cide, n. Etym: [L. infanticida: cf. F. infanticide.]

Definition: One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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