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Webster 1913 Edition

Prolicide

Prol′i-cide

,

Noun.

[L.

proles

offspring +

caedere

to kill.]

The crime of destroying one’s offspring, either in the womb or after birth.

Bouvier.

Definition 2024

prolicide

prolicide

English

Noun

prolicide ‎(uncountable)

The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
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See also

filicide, infanticide, neonaticide; abortion

References

prolicide in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913