Infanticide

Definitions

1. The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
2. The murder of an infant.
   countable, uncountable
3. The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
   countable, uncountable
4. 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.
   Canada, countable, uncountable
5. The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

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

“A recent government survey shows that 65 per cent of the families in Japan today are nuclear families, and a report⟳ on infanticide published this year by the Criminal Sience Club of Chuo University here indicates that eight out of ten infanticides today occur⟳ in nuclear families.”

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