as in patricide
the crime of purposefully ending the life of your own brother or sister
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Recent Examples of fratricide
The story starts the same way, with a fratricide.
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Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2022
Rumors of Njinga committing fratricide or engaging in cannibalism are treated with similar caution.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023
Each episode of Peacock’s mystery series depicts such horrors as fratricide and fraud in classic American locales: a Nevada casino, a Texas smokehouse, a Colorado ski lodge.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2023
Viewers already watched Taffy pull off the near-perfect fratricide and, as Poker Face‘s structure tends to do, the episode travels back in time to see how Charlie spots the lies and solves the crime.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
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Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2022
Rumors of Njinga committing fratricide or engaging in cannibalism are treated with similar caution.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023
Each episode of Peacock’s mystery series depicts such horrors as fratricide and fraud in classic American locales: a Nevada casino, a Texas smokehouse, a Colorado ski lodge.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2023
Viewers already watched Taffy pull off the near-perfect fratricide and, as Poker Face‘s structure tends to do, the episode travels back in time to see how Charlie spots the lies and solves the crime.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fratricide
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The movie includes intense domestic abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), gun violence, death and descriptions of patricide.Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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It’s done in the saddest way, with the original sin of patricide.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
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Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
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Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 2 Jan. 2020
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However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
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The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing.Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
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The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
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That changed in February, when the state located the necessary drugs and planned to execute Thomas Creech, who was convicted of five murders in three states.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, authorities say Gonzalez-Nunez associated himself with Norteño gang members who were responsible for murders around the area.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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One study of maternal filicide observed that, whereas psychotic mothers often acted suddenly, depressed mothers tended to contemplate killing their children for days or weeks before acting.Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Each was a tragedy, but maternal filicide falls low on the register of reasons for infant death.Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
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Kamp previously worked as a shift commander, gang enforcement sergeant and homicide detective for the Phoenix Police Department.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago.Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Fratricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fratricide. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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