genocide

genocide
geno·cide /'je-nə-ˌsīd/ n: acts committed with intent to partially or wholly destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group; also: the crime of committing such an act

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

genocide
index murder

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


genocide
n.
The practice of killing a race or ethnic group; systematic eradication of an ethnic or national group by murder, forced birth control, removal of children from the group, and a general program of persecution.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


genocide
the crime of trying to destroy a nation, ethnic, racial or religious group, committed if there has been killing or serious injury to members of the group with intent: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Genocide Act 1968. It is also committed by forcibly transferring children.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


genocide
The crime of destroying or conspiring to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


genocide
The crime of destroying or conspiring to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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