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Examples of feticide in a Sentence
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What is some of the general history behind some of these feticide laws and laws prohibiting abortions?
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Alabama didn’t have a feticide law, nothing on the books about feticide as a crime.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
Dargan, 30, has been charged with murder, feticide and the possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
—Harriet Sokmensuer, PEOPLE.com, 8 Oct. 2021
Online records reviewed by PEOPLE show the three 19-year-olds – Marques Porch, Gregory Parker and Derrick Curry – are currently being held at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of second-degree murder and first degree feticide.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 21 Apr. 2023
Marques Porch, Gregory Parker and Derrick Curry, all 19, were charged with second-degree murder and first-degree feticide, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
Two Lacombe men have been charged with first degree murder and first degree feticide in the shooting deaths of 20-year-old Sylvanus Ellis III and 21-year-old Qile Sanders, who was seven months pregnant, according to the 22nd Judicial District Attorneys Office.
—Sara Pagones | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 12 Nov. 2020
Marks was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, feticide and other charges.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2022
Online records confirm both are being held without bond after being charged with murder and feticide.
—Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Feticide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feticide. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
Medical Definition
feticide
noun
fe·ti·cide
variants
or chiefly British foeticide
: the action or process of causing the death of a fetus
Legal Definition
feticide
noun
fe·ti·cide
ˈfē-tə-ˌsīd
: the act of causing the death of a fetus
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