honor killing

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honor killing (plural honor killings) (American spelling)

  1. Alternative spelling of honour killing.
    • 2022 February 22, Thomas L. Friedman, “This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders.”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Which is why Putin’s onslaught against Ukraine’s freely elected government feels like the geopolitical equivalent of an honor killing.