infanticide

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in·fan·ti·cide / inˈfantiˌsīd/ • n. 1. the crime of a mother killing her child within a year of birth. ∎  the practice in some societies of killing unwanted children soon after birth.2. a person who kills an infant, esp. their own child.DERIVATIVES: in·fan·ti·cid·al / -ˌfantiˈsīdl/ adj.

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