The Roumanians hold the world record for principicide, or the assassination of princes, with Serbia—whose record in this regard is not to be despised, either—a bad second.
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Principicide
Synonyms for "principicide"
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German
2 entries- Fürstenmord noun (the killing of a prince)
- Prinzenmord noun (the killing of a prince)
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Both of these stories, that he was exiled or placed in terror of his life, belong to a recognized genre invented to justify the principicide and yet continue the imperial system.
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It was a terrible, but all too excusable crime, principicide.
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The law has been vindicated, and the outraged feelings of the people of these colonies have been avenged by the execution this morning of the wretched man—the would-be principicide [Henry O’Farrell].
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