infanticide

A noun referring to the act of killing an infant or a person who commits such an act.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Tötung eines Säuglings oder Kindes sowie die Person, die eine solche Tat begeht, bezeichnet.

1. Person who kills an infant C1 formal legal

   An individual who commits the crime of murdering a very young child.

   • The court sentenced the infanticide to life imprisonment.
   • The case of the infanticide shocked the entire community.
   • Historically, some societies had harsh punishments for anyone found to be an infanticide.

   🇩🇪Kindesmörder

2. Act of killing an infant C1 formal legal

   The crime or act of deliberately causing the death of a newborn or very young child.

   • Infanticide is considered a serious felony in most legal systems.
   • The documentary examined the social and economic causes of infanticide in some regions.
   • Modern medicine and support services aim to prevent infanticide by helping at-risk parents.
   • The law distinguishes between infanticide and other forms of homicide due to the vulnerability of the victim.

   🇩🇪Kindstötung

• infanticides plural form
• infanticides' possessive plural form
• infanticide's possessive singular form