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pseuicide

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[soo-uh-sahyd] / ˈsu əˌsaɪd /

noun

Slang.

  1. faked death.

    For the fourth time in this adventure series, she has pulled off a pseuicide and then returned to avenge the real deaths of her mates.

Etymology

Origin of pseuicide

First recorded in 1970–75; alteration of suicide, with the influence of pseudocide ( def. )

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