infanticide

IPA: ɪnfˈæntʌsaɪd

The murder of an infant.
The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
(law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
(zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

Examples of "infanticide" in Sentences

Christianity rejected infanticide.
Species known to commit infanticide.
That's not abortion, it's infanticide.
Selective abortion and female infanticide.
Also see infanticide and female infanticide.
If the rule was broken infanticide was practiced.
Infanticide is extremely rare in puerperal mania.
Compare human infanticide with infanticide in zoology for example.
Infanticide is also documented in the case of the Korubo people in the Amazon.
Infanticide is the killing of a newly born child by its mother where the mother's mind was disturbed as a result of giving birth or of consequent lactation. It is a type of homicide but is excluded from murder.