cannibalism

noun

1. The act of eating another of one's own species.

2. figurativeAn act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.

3. In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".

4. The practice of eating the flesh of your own kind