infanticide
शिशु हत्या
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.
translation of 'infanticide'
बाल हतया,
शिशुहत्या,
बालहत्या करने वाला,
शिशुघातक
example
Women had a considerably better deal in ancient Israel than in, say, Assyria, and Muhammad, forbade the common practice of female 'infanticide' .
female 'infanticide' was practised to reduce the population in times of famine
The practice of 'infanticide' decreased since children could now be used in rudimentary agricultural tasks.
A paediatrician argued that two infant deaths within the family made 'infanticide' statistically almost certain, and that the episodes of hypernatraemia indicated salt poisoning.
Religious edicts have underpinned suicide bombings, amputations, female 'infanticide' and genital mutilation, and the practice of suttee.
One deals with the postpartum depression defense for a mother accused of 'infanticide' .
Despite numerous measures taken by the Government, cases of female 'infanticide' are reported from many areas.
A concealed pregnancy was considered tantamount to the crime of 'infanticide' .
Sometimes the check is the natural one of famine and plague; in other societies, systematic 'infanticide' is practiced.
The Euripidean portrait of Medea as an 'infanticide' had roots in the folkloric paradigm of the child-killing demon.
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?
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.
Abortion is the destruction of life after conception and before birth, whereas 'infanticide' is the killing of new-born babies.
Lord Goldsmith said 258 convictions of parents over 10 years for 'infanticide' , murder and manslaughter were to be reviewed ‘as a matter of urgency’.
Female 'infanticide' was practised before the British arrived particularly among the high castes.
Thanks to new laws and an aggressive intervention program, fewer girl children in Salem are being murdered, but the practice of female 'infanticide' continues.
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.
The practice of female 'infanticide' in rural areas is alarming.
There were sixteen convictions for manslaughter (although the original charge had been murder), one for 'infanticide' , and one for murder.
Female 'infanticide' and discrimination is against the principles of liberty.
There is a very widespread and accepted practice of 'infanticide' in most countries.
Cherokee women also customarily had a great deal of control over their own reproductive activities, having the right to practice abortion and 'infanticide' .
Murder and 'infanticide' have been declared heinous crimes.
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.
Here our boys saw off a corrupt and lecherous Indian ‘Brahmin’ priest and his gang, who were bent on preserving the alleged practice of female 'infanticide' in India.
Our practice and our thought recognize 'infanticide' in the archetypal mother, its desire to smother, dissolve, mourn, bewitch, poison, and petrify.
There are several offences of unlawful homicide: murder, manslaughter, 'infanticide' and causing death by dangerous driving.
cases of 'infanticide' often involve extreme emotional disturbance
Saturn Devouring One of His Sons depicts the graphic and bloody dismemberment of a cannibalistic 'infanticide' .
Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception: abortion and 'infanticide' are abominable crimes.
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