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1023:, the killing of one's parents or another close relative
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ordered the execution of his maternal uncle-in-law,
1148:. University of Wisconsin Press, 1995. p. 64.
1077:, the killing of an infant from birth to 12 months
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1175:The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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937:was executed after a coup d'Ă©tat by his nephew
1049:Non-familial killing terms from the same root
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905:had him imprisoned and presumably poisoned.
1228:"Equatorial Guinea 'thwarts coup attempt'"
1083:, the killing of a monarch (king or ruler)
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1032:Prolicide, the killing of one's offspring
912:of Nepal was assassinated by his nephew,
886:was killed in battle by his great-nephew
875:succumbed to his wounds after his nephew
829:, accidentally killed their grand-uncle,
879:led the South-Saxons to take his throne.
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1095:, the gender-based killing of a woman
849:was apparently poisoned by his niece
718:Prosecution of gender-targeted crimes
1198:. New York: A.A. Knopf. p. 418.
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1101:, the gender-based killing of a man
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804:avunculicide is a substitute for
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843:, whom he succeeded as emperor.
808:. The killing of a nephew is a
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1011:, the killing of one's husband
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1029:, the killing of one's father
1017:, the killing of one's mother
958:In 2013, North Korean leader
939:Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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796:meaning "maternal uncle" and
1145:Oedipus: A Folklore Casebook
1121:"Nepoticide v. Avunculicide"
999:, the killing of one's child
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1142:Edmunds L (November 1995).
1044:, the killing of one's wife
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733:Masculist views on violence
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708:Discrimination against men
16:Act of killing one's uncle
1129:. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
1089:, the killing of a tyrant
784:is the act of killing an
599:Involuntary penis removal
577:Forced genital mutilation
1071:, the killing of a human
984:, the killing of oneself
908:In 1845, Prime Minister
953:Nepalese royal massacre
931:Francisco MacĂas Nguema
655:Sexual assault and rape
333:Avunculicide/Nepoticide
1059:, the killing of a god
989:Familial killing terms
943:In 2001, Crown Prince
920:Faisal of Saudi Arabia
903:Gian Galeazzo Visconti
901:died after his nephew
866:Mithridates of Armenia
743:Violence against women
582:Involuntary castration
253:Voluntary manslaughter
218:Vehicle-ramming attack
851:Agrippina the Younger
723:Men's rights movement
271:Non-criminal homicide
166:Murder for body parts
82:Depraved-heart murder
738:Sentencing disparity
594:Malicious castration
541:Violence against men
312:Justifiable homicide
131:Lonely hearts killer
929:In 1979, President
914:Jung Bahadur Kunwar
910:Mathabarsingh Thapa
884:Dharanindravarman I
67:Consensual homicide
22:Part of a series on
924:Faisal bin Musa'id
589:Male expendability
297:Capital punishment
263:Vehicular homicide
258:Negligent homicide
223:Wrongful execution
161:Misdemeanor murder
87:Felony murder rule
1216:. March 25, 1975.
947:killed his uncle
945:Dipendra of Nepal
935:Equatorial Guinea
873:Hlothhere of Kent
864:killed his uncle
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555:Domestic violence
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317:"License to kill"
126:Internet homicide
107:Child cannibalism
102:Human cannibalism
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606:Shame-stroke
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203:Spree killer
181:Proxy murder
62:Child murder
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1087:Tyrannicide
1075:Infanticide
960:Kim Jong-un
951:during the
862:Rhadamistus
668:Prison rape
565:against men
485:Tyrannicide
423:Crucifixion
366:Neonaticide
361:Infanticide
146:Mass murder
136:Lust murder
1249:Categories
1234:29 January
1106:References
1093:Feminicide
1036:Sororicide
1009:Mariticide
1003:Fratricide
977:Avunculate
816:In history
810:nepoticide
642:Fratricide
637:Mariticide
570:management
443:Gendercide
383:Sororicide
378:Fratricide
352:Prolicide
343:Mariticide
338:Familicide
302:Euthanasia
1099:Androcide
1042:Uxoricide
1027:Patricide
1021:Parricide
1015:Matricide
949:Dhirendra
897:In 1385,
882:In 1113,
806:parricide
802:mythology
794:avunculus
690:Estimates
678:Male rape
673:Statutory
632:Patricide
627:Androcide
490:War crime
453:Androcide
400:Patricide
395:Matricide
390:Parricide
373:Siblicide
348:Uxoricide
307:Foeticide
176:Poisoning
92:Foeticide
1265:Homicide
1214:BBC News
1192:(1978).
1172:(2008).
1081:Regicide
1069:Homicide
1063:Genocide
997:Filicide
971:See also
871:In 685,
847:Claudius
841:Tiberius
837:Caligula
533:a series
531:Part of
470:Regicide
465:Omnicide
460:Genocide
448:Femicide
433:Democide
407:Senicide
356:Filicide
141:Lynching
28:Homicide
1057:Deicide
982:Suicide
860:In 51,
831:Amulius
823:Romulus
798:caedere
619:Killing
560:outline
475:Stoning
428:Deicide
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547:Issues
325:Family
35:Murder
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790:Latin
786:uncle
415:Other
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1150:ISBN
1126:Time
855:Nero
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