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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfamilicídio
Pronunciation / Transliteration: familicidio
"O familicídio é um crime raro, mas devastador."
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A type of murder in which a perpetrator kills multiple close family members, such as a spouse and children, often followed by the suicide of the perpetrator.
"The tragic case of domestic violence and familicide shocked the entire community."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Latin 'familia' (family) combined with the suffix '-cida' from 'caedere' (to cut, kill), coined in the mid-20th century within criminological and psychological discourse. It linguistically parallels terms like homicide and suicide to specifically denote the mass killing of close family members.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Familicide" is said worldwide
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familicide
Transliteration: familiside
"Le rapport de police qualifie ce crime de familicide."
Familientötung
Transliteration: Familientötung
"Solche Fälle von Familientötung erschüttern die Öffentlichkeit zutiefst."
familicidio
Transliteration: familicidio
"Le autorità stanno indagando su questo tragico familicidio."
familicidio
Transliteration: familicidio
"El artículo analiza las causas psicológicas detrás del familicidio."
familicídio
Transliteration: familicidio
"O familicídio é um crime raro, mas devastador."
पारिवारिक नरसंहार
Transliteration: parivarik narsamhar
"पुलिस इस भयानक पारिवारिक नरसंहार की जाँच कर रही है।"
灭门案
Transliteration: mièmén'àn
"这起惨绝人寰的灭门案震惊了全国。"
일가족 살해
Transliteration: ilgajok salhae
"경찰은 이번 일가족 살해 사건의 동기를 조사하고 있습니다."
親族殺害
Transliteration: shinzoku satsugai
"この親族殺害事件は社会に大きな衝撃を与えた。"
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