infanticide

infanticide
[ɪnˈfantɪsʌɪd]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the crime of a mother killing her child within a year of birth
    （母亲）杀婴罪
    ■the practice in some societies of killing unwanted children soon after birth
    （某些社会实施的）杀婴
  2. a person who kills an infant, especially their own child
    （尤指杀害自己婴儿的）杀婴者
派生
infanticidal
adjective
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: via French from late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant- (see infant) + -cidium (see -cide)
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