eliticide

English

Etymology

From elite +‎ -icide. First used in 1992 by British reporter Michael Nicholson to describe the Bijeljina massacre in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Noun

eliticide (plural eliticides)

1. The targeted killing of the leadership of a group (to cripple it), for example at the beginning of a genocide or during a revolution.

Alternative forms

• elitocide