infanticide

Definition

The murder of an infant.

Etymology

From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.

Example Sentences

• "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."