infanticide
noun
in·fan·ti·cide in-ˈfan-tə-ˌsīd 
1
: the killing of an infant
2
[Late Latin infanticida, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cida -cide] : one who kills an infant
infanticidal
in-ˌfan-tə-ˈsī-dᵊl
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The wrenching film follows Rama (Kayije Kagame), a young novelist covering the trial of an immigrant mother accused of infanticide. 
Ben Croll, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022 Like her protagonist, Diop, also the daughter of Senegalese immigrants, traveled to attend a real-life trial of a Senegalese woman charged in 2013 in a similar case of infanticide. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 They were developed to offer an alternative to infanticide, Watson said. Isabelle Chapman And Daniel A. Medina, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn’t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 In fiscal 2018 alone, there were 28 cases of infanticide of children under 1 years old. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 One case of alleged infanticide in Latin America has received more attention than any other: the prosecution of Manuela. Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 Tonally, there’s no easy way to play Abnesti or his human guinea pigs, each of whom has been locked away for some truly heinous act — like infanticide, murder or licensing the rights for a George Saunders stories to Netflix. Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 June 2022 Scattered reports of infanticide among primates were later borne out by fieldwork. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 See More
Ben Croll, Variety, 10 Sep. 2022 Like her protagonist, Diop, also the daughter of Senegalese immigrants, traveled to attend a real-life trial of a Senegalese woman charged in 2013 in a similar case of infanticide. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Sep. 2022 They were developed to offer an alternative to infanticide, Watson said. Isabelle Chapman And Daniel A. Medina, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn’t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 In fiscal 2018 alone, there were 28 cases of infanticide of children under 1 years old. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 One case of alleged infanticide in Latin America has received more attention than any other: the prosecution of Manuela. Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022 Tonally, there’s no easy way to play Abnesti or his human guinea pigs, each of whom has been locked away for some truly heinous act — like infanticide, murder or licensing the rights for a George Saunders stories to Netflix. Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 June 2022 Scattered reports of infanticide among primates were later borne out by fieldwork. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cidium -cide
First Known Use
1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
infanticide
noun
in·fan·ti·cide in-ˈfant-ə-ˌsīd
1
: the killing of an infant
2
: one who kills an infant
Legal Definition
infanticide
noun
in·fan·ti·cide in-ˈfan-tə-ˌsīd
: the killing of a newly or recently born child