infanticide
pembunuhan bayi
definition
noun
There are several offences of unlawful homicide: murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing death by dangerous driving.
the crime of killing a child within a year of birth.
The Euripidean portrait of Medea as an infanticide had roots in the folkloric paradigm of the child-killing demon.
a person who kills an infant, especially their own child.
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Despite numerous measures taken by the Government, cases of female 'infanticide' are reported from many areas.
Female 'infanticide' was common, and the practice of sati, the immolation of the wife on her husband's funeral pyre, was encouraged, sometimes even forced.
The death penalty applied to homicide, 'infanticide' , rape, robbery, and a number of non-violent crimes, like theft.
Cherokee women also customarily had a great deal of control over their own reproductive activities, having the right to practice abortion and 'infanticide' .
There were sixteen convictions for manslaughter (although the original charge had been murder), one for 'infanticide' , and one for murder.
And birth is too late, because abortion of a nearly full-term fetus is (under most circumstances) the moral equivalent of 'infanticide' .
One deals with the postpartum depression defense for a mother accused of 'infanticide' .
Psychologist Ilham al-Sarraf explained how Islam helped end the practice of female 'infanticide' in the Middle East.
The tome documents historical cases when women were targeted for gendercide, including the practice of female 'infanticide' , the witch-hunts in Europe, and war rapes.
Sometimes the check is the natural one of famine and plague; in other societies, systematic 'infanticide' is practiced.
Thanks to new laws and an aggressive intervention program, fewer girl children in Salem are being murdered, but the practice of female 'infanticide' continues.
Female 'infanticide' was practised before the British arrived particularly among the high castes.
Female 'infanticide' and discrimination is against the principles of liberty.
The practice of female 'infanticide' started 50 years ago when a dam was constructed in the area and the village was divided into the well-irrigated and the arid zones leading to a great deal of economic inequality, says Johnson.
There are several offences of unlawful homicide: murder, manslaughter, 'infanticide' and causing death by dangerous driving.
Of course 'infanticide' is a crime, but our treatment of it must be handled with compassion when such delicate issues as teenage pregnancy are involved.
Cases now treated as 'infanticide' often involve extreme emotional disturbance, as do mercy killings, suicide pacts, and cases of duress.
But, in a country where female 'infanticide' is practised and baby girls abandoned in dustbins, women chief ministers in five States is, nonetheless, remarkable.
A concealed pregnancy was considered tantamount to the crime of 'infanticide' .
The practice of female 'infanticide' in rural areas is alarming.
female 'infanticide' was practised to reduce the population in times of famine
Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and 'infanticide' are abominable crimes.
Lord Goldsmith said 258 convictions of parents over 10 years for 'infanticide' , murder and manslaughter were to be reviewed ‘as a matter of urgency’.
There is a very widespread and accepted practice of 'infanticide' in most countries.
Saturn Devouring One of His Sons depicts the graphic and bloody dismemberment of a cannibalistic 'infanticide' .
In places where female 'infanticide' was a customary practice, female foeticide has come in as a deadly substitute that is more convenient, less traumatic and equally effective.
Religious edicts have underpinned suicide bombings, amputations, female 'infanticide' and genital mutilation, and the practice of suttee.
So is it possible to say, leaving 'infanticide' to one side, what kind of mothers do better under the legal system and which do worse?
Guru Gobind Singh issued orders forbidding the Khalsa having any association with those that practiced female 'infanticide' .
Murder and 'infanticide' have been declared heinous crimes.
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