Meaning of neonaticide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.
   countable, uncountable
2. The murderer of a newborn (anyone who practices or who has practiced this kind of murder).
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“But critics of the law said mothers who immediately kill their babies after giving birth, a practice known as neonaticide, are usually in deep denial about their pregnancies.”

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