Definition of "neonaticide" [neonaticide]

• The murder of a newborn. (noun)

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• "ROBI LUDWIG, PSYCHOTHERAPIST: Here ` s what we know about neonaticide, which is actually the elimination or killing of a child within 24 hours of its birth."
• "Judicial systems in other countries treat neonaticide very differently."
• "And then inversely, we see women who do infanticide or neonaticide of a baby that ` s very young, thrown away in a dumpster or worse, killed and then thrown away."