pedicide

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Noun[edit]

pedicide (countable and uncountable, plural pedicides)

  1. The murder of a child.
    • 1991, L. Adelson, “Pedicide revisited. The slaughter continues.”, in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology:
      Pedicide victims are much apt to be killed by close relatives than are adult homicide victims.

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