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Prolicide

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misbirthnounAn abortion.
abortationnounMisconstruction of abortion. [(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.]
unlawful deathnouncriminal homicide of a human being; manslaughter or murder or infanticide.
pregnancy lossnoun(medicine) A miscarriage; the death of a fetus before it has become viable.
spoliationnoun(by extension) (law) (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
accidentnounAn unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
amblosisnounmiscarriage (the spontaneous natural termination of a pregnancy)
perpetrationnounThe act of perpetrating
spoilnoun(Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
spoilationnounA spoiling or ruining; destruction.
abductionnounLeading away; a carrying away.
factnounSomething actual as opposed to invented.
purloinmentnounThe act of purloining; theft
mismotheringnounFailure of an animal to take maternal care of its young, and/or stealing another's offspring to mother it.
plagiumnoun(Scots law) abduction, especially of a child
harmdoingnoun(chiefly psychology) The committing of acts that cause harm.
bastardizationnoun(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
praemunirenoun(law, now historical) The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
troublenounA distressing or dangerous situation.
malice in lawnoun(law) The state of having done something illegal without an intention of breaking the law.

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