patricidal, a.
(pætrɪˈsaɪdəl)
[f. next + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a patricide; parricidal; in quots. fig. involving treason or faithlessness to one's country or fatherland.
| 1821 Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 73 The States General, indignant at this patricidal conduct, applied to France for aid. 1827 Blackw. Mag. XXII. 613 They acted in the most wild, unconstitutional, and patricidal manner. |