neonaticide

noun 2

Definitions

noun

1

The murder of a newborn within 24 hours of birth.

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.

2

The murderer of a newborn (anyone who practices or who has practiced this kind of murder).

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