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conjugicide

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of killing one's spouse with the intention of then marrying someone else (sometimes taken to also include the act of killing another person's spouse with the intention of then marrying that person).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:conjugicide.

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History

Etymology

From conjug(al) + -icide.