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16 hours ago · The term femicide was first introduced in England in 1801 by a writer named John Corry, to signify "the killing of a woman". [5] In 1848, the term was published in Wharton's Law Lexicon. [6] The term stems from the Latin femina, meaning "female" and - cide from the Latin caedere meaning "to kill". The current usage emerged with the 1970s ...
