noun
- the act of killing one’s wife
- a person who kills his wife
Usage: formal; legal
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The defendant was charged with uxoricide after the investigation concluded.
- Historical records document several cases of uxoricide among the nobility.
- The term uxoricide is used in legal contexts to describe this specific crime.
- Ancient Roman law had specific penalties for uxoricide.
- The prosecutor argued that this was a clear case of premeditated uxoricide.
- Legal scholars study uxoricide as part of domestic violence research.