parricide

A noun referring to the act of killing one's own parent or parents, or a person who commits such an act.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Tat der Tötung eines eigenen Elternteils oder beider Eltern bezeichnet oder die Person, die eine solche Tat begeht.

1. Person who kills a parent C2 formal

   An individual who commits the act of killing their own father or mother.

   • The court sentenced the parricide to life in prison.
   • In ancient Rome, a parricide was punished by being drowned in a sack.
   • The novel tells the story of a young parricide haunted by guilt.

   🇩🇪Elternmord

   Synonyme: matricidepatricide

2. Act of killing a parent C2 formal

   The crime or act of murdering one's own father or mother.

   • Parricide is considered one of the most severe crimes in many legal systems.
   • The history of parricide is often explored in classical literature.
   • The documentary examined the psychological motives behind parricide.

   🇩🇪Elternmord

• parricides plural form
• parricides' possessive plural form
• parricide's possessive singular form