See unclecide on Wiktionary
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"text": "The production of Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’ was long forbidden, because Don Carlos loved his stepmother; in ‘The Robbers,’ the Father was turned into an uncle, and a stupendous effect was produced by the cry of “Unclecide,” substituted for Parricide.",
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"ref": "2017, Dana Fredsti, chapter 2, in The Spawn of Lilith, Southwark St, London: Titan Books, →ISBN:",
"text": "I love Sean. I really do. Most of the time. But I’d moved out two years ago for a reason. The same reason I currently considered uncle-cide as a viable life choice. / Okay, faux uncle-cide.",
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"ref": "2019, Hope Hamilton Tate, Passion and Turmoil on the Sunny Isle: Book II of the Sunny Isle Thriller Series, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:",
"text": "“Dad and my grandparents are watching out for her. They have all decided that my place is with you, and I should not get involved with Selena. Justin may also use my involvement to abuse you, and if he tries anything with you, I will commit unclecide, if there is such a word for killing an uncle.”",
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