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Infanticide

Infanticide Meaning & Definition
Infanticide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infanticide?

[n] murdering an infant
[n] a person who murders an infant

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See Also | execution | homicide | liquidator | manslayer | murder | murderer | slaying

Infanticide In Webster's Dictionary

\In*fan"ti*cide\, n. [L. infanticidium child murder; infans, -antis, child + caedere to kill: cf. F. infanticide. See {Infant}, and {Homicide}.] 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. [L. infanticida: cf. F. infanticide.] One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.

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