municide
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
municide (plural municides)
- The demise of a city through economic collapse or disincorporation.
- 1986 May 12, “No To A City Income Tax”, in Chicago Tribune:
- If he succeeds, it will be only because a lot of legislators want to see if Chicago really is foolish enough to commit municide, or whatever it's called when a city kills itself economically.
Quotations edit
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:municide.