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parricide  

Definition

  • Parricide technically refers to the killing of a close relative. Beginning in the early 1980s, the term has increasingly been used to refer to the killings of parents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Parricide]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-VN4RD6TF-5

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