Definition of "filicide" [fil•i•cide]

• A person who kills his or her own son, or more generally, child. (noun)
• The killing of one's own child. (noun)

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• "And there ` s something called filicide which discusses a parent killing a child."
• "When a parent also takes his or her own life, the phenomenon is called filicide-suicide."
• "And in fact, there are statistics that show about 200 mothers engage in this filicide which is what we call murdering of the child."