Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Murder of an infant

Infanticide

The correct answer is infanticide. It is the act of killing an infant, especially a newborn. The other options are not correct substitutes.

• Foeticide is the killing of a fetus.
• Feticide is another spelling of foeticide.
• Sacrifice is the act of killing something as an offering to a god or other supernatural being.