English

Noun

neonaticide ‎(countable and uncountable, plural neonaticides)

1. The murder of a newborn.
   • 2007 February 4, Cara Buckley, “Brooklyn Girl Threw Away Her Newborn Son, Police Say”, in New York Times:

     But critics of the law said mothers who immediately kill their babies after giving birth, a practice known as neonaticide, are usually in deep denial about their pregnancies.

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See also

• abortion
• filicide, infanticide, prolicide