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infanticide::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | liquidator, manslayer, murderer |
Examples of infanticide
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Unlike many other primates, male orangutans do not seem to practice infanticide.
From the en.wikipedia.org
About five infanticide convictions a year are handed down in England and Wales.
From the independent.co.uk
If abortion is so widely accepted and practiced, can infanticide be far behind?
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
And I know the right thing is to NOT vote for a fellow that supports infanticide.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
In 2010, he focused on female infanticide and the low status of women in India.
From the lens.blogs.nytimes.com
In many past societies, certain forms of infanticide were considered permissible.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In A.D. 588, the Council of Constantinople declared infanticide to be homicide.
From the washingtontimes.com
Multiple litters are rarely successful, due to infanticide by the pack's females.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Also, some high-ranking males practice infanticide, targeting infants by rank.
From the sciencedaily.com
- A person who murders an infant
- Infanticide is the homicide of an infant; it can describe what might amount to a cultural act or an offence defined by the victim's age. Often it is the mother who commits the act, but criminology recognizes various forms of non-maternal child murder. ...
- 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. ...
- The murder of an infant, a newborn; The murder of a child by a parent; filicide; The murderer of a child
- Practice of killing an infant. In pre-Islamic times a common practice in Arabia of ridding the family of unwanted female children.
- Killing an infant. E.g., among Hanuman langurs, infanticide typically occurs after male "takeovers."
- Cheeky geek way of saying a bottle has been consumed far earlier than it ought to have been, and thus wasted. ("It was Infanticide to open that '96 Latour; it needs decades yet...")
- Killing infants. Found in some uni-male species where a successful male rival kills nursing babies so females come into estrus sooner.
- A mother kills her baby of less than 12 months and could show she was suffering from the effects of the birth or breast-feeding. Maximum sentence is 5 yearsTemplate:Fact
