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What do you call a person who killed a king?
1 : a person who kills a king. 2 : the killing of a king.
Is regicide a treason?
Regicide is the rarest of all crimes, rarer than mutiny, piracy, treason and arson in her Majesty’s shipyards, the last offences to carry the death penalty in Britain. In the 17th century, the judicial murder of a monarch was regarded with the horror now reserved for genocide or child murder.
Is there a word for killing an uncle?
Avunculicide is the act of killing an uncle. The word can also refer to someone who commits such an act. The term is derived from the Latin words avunculus meaning “maternal uncle” and caedere meaning “to cut down” or “to kill”.
What is it called when a group of people murder someone?
Democide: The murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder. Genocide is horrible, an abomination of our species, totally unacceptable.
What is Macbeth regicide?
The killing of a king (known as regicide) was therefore considered to be just about the worst crime that anyone could commit. That is why Macbeth’s decision to murder Duncan seemed so horrific to an audience of the time and why the murderer has such a guilty conscience.
What is a synonym for regicide?
Synonyms of regicide as in patricide, fratricide.
What is murder of a nephew called?
Nepoticide – the act of killing one’s nephew. Parricide or parenticide – the killing of one’s mother, father, or other close relative. Patricide – the act of killing of one’s father (Latin: pater “father”).
What are all the CIDE words?
-cide- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning “kill; cut down”. This meaning is found in such words as: genocide, germicide, herbicide, homicide, insecticide, matricide, patricide, suicide.
What does the word Sororicide mean?
the act of killing one’s sister
1 : the act of killing one’s sister. 2 : a person who kills his sister.
What does prolic IDE mean?
the killing of one’s child
the killing of one’s child.
What do you call someone who commits a crime?
Perpetrator: a person who actually commits a crime.