regicide
/ˈrɛdʒɪˌsaɪd/
noun
- The act of killing a king or queen.
- Many countries have laws against regicide, even in modern times.
- The trial focused on the conspiracy that led to the regicide.
- Regicide was considered the most serious crime in the kingdom.
- A person who kills a king or queen.
- The regicide was executed after a public trial.
- The play's main character is a reluctant regicide.
- In history books, the regicide is often portrayed as a villain.
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