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   infanticide

   /ɪnˈfantɪsʌɪd/

   noun

   • 1. the crime of killing a child within a year of its birth (in some legal jurisdictions, specifically by the mother): "cases of infanticide often involve extreme emotional disturbance"
   • ▪ the practice in some societies of killing unwanted children soon after birth: "female infanticide was practised to reduce the population in times of famine"
   • 2. a person who kills an infant, especially their own child.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: via French from late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant- (see infant) + -cidium (see -cide).

   Derivatives

   • 1. infanticidal adjective

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