Look up: infanticide

1. infanticide
   Type: Term Pronunciation: in-fan′ti-sīd Definitions: 1. The killing of an infant. 2. One who murders an infant.
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2. infanticide
   [n] - a person who murders an infant 2. [n] - murdering an infant
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3. infanticide
   In law, the killing of a child under 12 months old, and more generally, any killing of a newborn child. It is often seen as a method of population control, especially among hunter-gatherers and...
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4. infanticide
   Homicide of a child committed by the mother either during delivery or while she is under the influence of the effects of giving birth. Category: Law
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5. Infanticide
   The killing of an infant under 12 months old by its mother. (Crimes against People)
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6. Infanticide
   In·fan'ti·cide noun [ Latin infanticidium child murder; infans , -antis , child + caedere to kill: confer French infanticide . See Infant , and Homicide .] The murder of an infant born alive; the murd...
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7. Infanticide
   In·fan'ti·cide noun [ Latin infanticida : confer French infanticide .] One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
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8. infanticide
   The killing of infants at birth or soon after. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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9. infanticide
   noun murdering an infant
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10. Infanticide
    • (n.) One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant. • (n.) The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
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11. infanticide
    the killing of the newborn. It has often been interpreted as a primitive method of birth control and a means of ridding a group of its weak and ... [5 related articles]
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12. infanticide
    infanticide, infanticidal 1. One who kills an infant. 2. The killing of infants; especially, the custom of killing new-born infants, which prevailed in primitive societies, and was common in the ancient world. 3. The crime of murdering an infant after its birth, perpetrated by or with the consent of...
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13. infanticide
    
    • a person who murders an infant
    • murdering an infant
    
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14. infanticide
    infanticide (infăn'tusīd) [Lat.,=child murder], the putting to death of the newborn with the consent of the parent, family, or community. Infanticide often occurs among peoples whose food supply is insecure (e.g., the Chinese and the Eskimo). Female infanticide was common in some tra...
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15. Infanticide
    Infanticide is the term for the murder of an infant, and the term is frequently extended to abortion, though in law the dead child must be proved to have been born alive.
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16. infanticide
    In law, the killing of a child under 12 months old, and more generally, any killing of a newborn child. It is often seen as a method of population control, especially among hunter-gatherers and nomadic societies where it may be impossible for a mother to carry around more than one small child and still perform the tasks necessary for survival. ...
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17. Infanticide
    `Infanticide` is the homicide of an infant. It typically happens within 24 hours of the baby`s birth. Although it is usually the mother who commits the crime, criminology recognizes various forms of non-maternal infanticide. In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were considered permis...
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18. Infanticide
    (zoology) In animals, `infanticide` involves the killing of young offspring by a mature animal of its own species, and is studied in zoology, specifically in the field of ethology. `Ovicide` is the analogous destruction of eggs. Although human infanticide has been widely studied, the practice...
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