Infanticide
[ɪn'fæntɪsaɪd]
Definition
(noun.) murdering an infant.
(noun.) a person who murders an infant.
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Definition
(n.) The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
(n.) One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
Checker: Maryann
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Child-murder.[2]. Murderer of an infant, slayer of infants.
Typist: Ollie
Definition
n. child murder; the murderer of an infant.—adj. Infant′icidal.
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Examples
- They practised infanticide. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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