NEPOLIIDS of nepo, nephew cis kill The one who commits a NEPOLITICIDIUM, or murder of a nephew or a grandson.
Etymologically it is the murder of a nephew, but from nepotism is also the murder of a protégé by a powerful, who benefited from a charge for being his relative. It is created from the Latin voice nepos , otis ( "sobrino, sometimes grandson or descendant" ) and the suffix -cidio . See avunculicide .
It means homicide of a family member or relative, without being a brother, father, mother, son or spouse. A crime committed by a family member, and may be a nephew, grandson or brother-in-law.