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Definition feticide in British English

feticide noun

noun
1

the act of killing a foetus (=an unborn child), regarded as a crime

Example

Child neglect would require the baby to have been alive and viable, while the feticide charge would require the fetus to have died in utero.

Definition feticide in British English