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parricide

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par·ri·cide  (pr-sd)
n.
1. The murdering of one's father, mother, or other near relative.
2. One who commits such a murder.

[Latin parricda and parricdium : pri-, parri-, kin + -cda, -cdium, -cide.]

parri·cidal (-sdl) adj.
parri·cidal·ly adv.

parricide [ˈpærɪˌsaɪd]
n
1. (Law) the act of killing either of one's parents
2. (Law) a person who kills his parent
[from Latin parricīdium murder of a parent or relative, and from parricīda one who murders a relative, from parri- (element related to Greek pēos kinsman) + -cīdium, -cīda -cide]
parricidal  adj

parricide
1. the act of killing one’s parent or other close relative.
2. a person who has killed his parent. — parricidal, adj.
See also: Parents
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.parricide - someone who kills his or her parent
matricide - a person who murders their mother
liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
patricide - a person who murders their father
2.parricide - the murder of your own father or mother
murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
matricide - the murder of your mother
patricide - the murder of your father
Translations
parricide [ˈpærɪsaɪd] N
1. (= act) → parricidio m
2. (= person) → parricida mf

parricide
n (= act)Vater-/Muttermord m; (= person)Vater-/Muttermörder(in) m(f)

parricide
n parricide [ˈpӕrisaid]
1 the murder of a parent or near relative. ouermoord قَتْل أحد الوالِدَين او الأقْرِباء отцеубийство vražda blízkého příbuzného forældremord; -mord der Vater-/Muttermord πατροκτονία, μητροκτονία parricidio isatapp, ematapp کشتن پدر یا مادر یا خویشاوند نزدیک läheisen murha parricide רֶצָח קָרוֹב מִשפָּחָה पितृहत्या umorstvo ili ubojica oca,bliskog rođaka apagyilkosság pembunuhan terhadap keluarga sendiri föður-/móðurmorð parricidio 親殺し 부모(모친)살해 tėvažudystė tēva/mātes/tuva radinieka slepkavība pembunuhan bapa sendiri vadermoord, familiemoord fader-/modermord zabójstwo (bliskiego krewnego) parricídio paricid отцеубийство vražda blízkeho príbuzného očetomor ubistvo roditelja ili bliskog rođaka fader-, modermord การฆ่าบิดามารดา kendi ana veya babasını öldürme 殺父母,殺近親 батьковбивство; матеревбивство والدين کشي، محسن کشي tội giết người thân thích
2 a person who does such a murder. ouermoordenaar قاتِل أحد الوالِدَين أو الأقْرِباء отцеубиец otcovrah forældremorder; -morder der/die Vater-/Muttermörder(in) πατροκτόνος, μητροκτόνος parricida isatapja, ematapja پدرکش läheisen murhaaja parricide רוֹצֵח שֶׁל קָרוֹב מִשפָּחָה पितृहंता ubojica apagyilkos pembunuh keluarga sendiri föður-/móðurmorðingi parricida 親殺し 존속살해 (尊屬殺害) 자 tėvažudys tēva/mātes/tuva radinieka slepkava pembunuh bapa sendiri vadermoordenaar, familiemoordenaar fader-/modermorder zabójca (bliskiego krewnego) parricida paricid отцеубийца vrah blízkeho príbuzného (otcovrah ap.) očetomorilec ubica roditelja ili bliskog rođaka fader-, modermördare ผู้ฆ่าบิดามารดา kendi ana veya babasını öldüren kimse 殺父母者,殺近親者 батьковбивця; матеревбивця والدين کش، محسن کش kẻ giết người thân thích 者,


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Thus one year after he had committed this parricide, he was strangled, together with Vitellozzo, whom he had made his leader in valour and wickedness.
Why, that is the very worst offence they could possibly commit; for, don't you see, Renee, the king is the father of his people, and he who shall plot or contrive aught against the life and safety of the parent of thirty-two millions of souls, is a parricide upon a fearfully great scale?
Another runs to read the bill that's stuck against the spile upon the wharf to which the ship is moored, offering five hundred gold coins for the apprehension of a parricide, and containing a description of his person.
 
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