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Noun [English]

Forms: honour killings [plural]
Etymology: Compound of honour + killing. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|honour|killing|pos=noun}} Compound of honour + killing Head templates: {{en-noun}} honour killing (plural honour killings)
  1. (euphemistic) A typically Middle Eastern and South Asian cultural practice whereby a family member, usually female, is murdered by other family members, the act being justified as retribution for a (usually sexual) slight upon the family's honour. Tags: UK, euphemistic Categories (topical): Murder Synonyms: honor killing [US] Related terms: honour killer, honour violence Translations (murder as a cultural practice): جَرِيمَة الشَّرَفِ (alt: jarīma(t) aš-šarafi) [feminine] (Arabic), قَتْل الشَّرَفِ (qatl aš-šarafi) [masculine] (Arabic), namus qətli (Azerbaijani), সম্মান রক্ষার্থে হত্যা (śomman rokkharthe hotta) (Bengali), убийство на честта (ubijstvo na čestta) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 名譽殺害 (Chinese Mandarin), 名誉杀害 (míngyù shāhài) (Chinese Mandarin), 榮譽殺害 (Chinese Mandarin), 荣誉杀害 (róngyù shāhài) (Chinese Mandarin), 名譽殺人 (Chinese Mandarin), 名誉杀人 (míngyù shārén) (Chinese Mandarin), 榮譽謀殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 荣誉谋杀 (róngyù móushā) (Chinese Mandarin), vražda ze cti [feminine] (Czech), æresdrab [neuter] (Danish), eerwraak [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), eermoord [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), honormurdo (Esperanto), kunniamurha (Finnish), crime d’honneur [masculine] (French), ღირსების მკვლელობა (ɣirsebis mḳvleloba) (Georgian), Ehrenmord [masculine] (German), רֶצַח עַל חִלּוּל כָּבוֹד הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה (rétzakh al khilúl kavód hammishpakhá) [masculine] (Hebrew), सम्मान हत्या (sammān hatyā) [feminine] (Hindi), सम्मान हेतु हत्या (sammān hetu hatyā) [feminine] (Hindi), becsületgyilkosság (Hungarian), delitto d'onore [masculine] (Italian), 名誉の殺人 (meiyo-no satsujin) (alt: めいよのさつじん) (Japanese), 명예 살인 (myeong'ye sarin) (alt: 名譽殺人) (Korean), homicīdium honōrābile [neuter] (Latin), അഭിമാനക്കൊല (abhimānakkola) (Malayalam), ദുരഭിമാനക്കൊല (durabhimānakkola) (Malayalam), æresdrap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), æresdrap [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قتل ناموسی (qatl-e nâmusi) (Persian), جنایت ناموسی (jenâyat nâmusi) (Persian), zabójstwo honorowe [neuter] (Polish), morte de honra [feminine] (Portuguese), assassinato de honra [masculine] (Portuguese), homicídio de honra [masculine] (Portuguese), ਅਣਖ ਖ਼ਾਤਰ ਕਤਲ (aṇakh xātar katal) (Punjabi), crimă de onoare [feminine] (Romanian), уби́йство че́сти (ubíjstvo čésti) [neuter] (Russian), у̀бо̄јство збо̏г части [Croatian, Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), убиство збо̏г части [Bosnian, Cyrillic, Serbian, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ùbōjstvo zbȍg časti [Croatian, Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ubistvo zbȍg časti [Bosnian, Roman, Serbian, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), crimen de honor [masculine] (Spanish), asesinato de honor [masculine] (Spanish), hedersmord [neuter] (Swedish), கெளரவக் கொலை (keḷaravak kolai) (Tamil), పరువు హత్యలు (paruvu hatyalu) (Telugu), namus cinayeti (Turkish), töre ve namus suçları (Turkish), onur suçları (Turkish), уби́вство че́сті (ubývstvo čésti) [neuter] (Ukrainian), вби́вство че́сті (vbývstvo čésti) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ناموسی قتل (namusi qatl) [masculine] (Urdu), moude d' oneur [masculine] (Walloon), earwraak (West Frisian), earmoard (West Frisian), cınayetê namusi (Zazaki), qetlê namusi (Zazaki), eerwraek (Zealandic)
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          "word": "قتل ناموسی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "jenâyat nâmusi",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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          "word": "zabójstwo honorowe"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "morte de honra"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "aṇakh xātar katal",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "ਅਣਖ ਖ਼ਾਤਰ ਕਤਲ"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "code": "sh",
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          "word": "ubistvo zbȍg časti"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "crimen de honor"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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          "word": "asesinato de honor"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "hedersmord"
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        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "keḷaravak kolai",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "கெளரவக் கொலை"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "paruvu hatyalu",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "పరువు హత్యలు"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "namus cinayeti"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "töre ve namus suçları"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "onur suçları"
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          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "уби́вство че́сті"
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          "code": "ur",
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          "roman": "namusi qatl",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ناموسی قتل"
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          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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          "word": "moude d' oneur"
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
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          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
          "word": "cınayetê namusi"
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          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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          "code": "zea",
          "lang": "Zealandic",
          "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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          "ref": "2008, Riaz Hassan, Inside Muslim Minds, Melbourne University Press, page 200:",
          "text": "The prevailing patriarchal and misogynist practices prevailing in Muslim countries have created an association between Muslim countries and honour killing in the public mind. However, according to UNICEF, the practice of honour killing is an ancient one and involves men killing female relatives in the name of family honour for forced or suspected sexual activity outside marriage, even when the women have been victims of rape.",
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          "ref": "2009, John Azumah, My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for African Christians, WordAlive Publishers, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "Such honour killings are justified by quoting Sura 4:15. A man who kills his wife, mother, daughter or sister for sexual indiscretion or for eloping (both acts that are regarded as bringing dishonour to the family) is either lightly fined or immune from prosecution.",
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          "ref": "2011, Ali Rattansi, Multiculturalism: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, page 55:",
          "text": "What is true of forced marriages is also true of the horrific practice of ‘honour’ killings, a term that acts as a fig leaf for the (often premeditated) murder of young women who have supposedly brought ‘shame’ to the honour of families.",
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      "alt": "jarīma(t) aš-šarafi",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "namus qətli"
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      "code": "bn",
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      "roman": "śomman rokkharthe hotta",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "সম্মান রক্ষার্থে হত্যা"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubijstvo na čestta",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "убийство на честта"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "名譽殺害"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngyù shāhài",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "名誉杀害"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "榮譽殺害"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngyù shāhài",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "荣誉杀害"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "名譽殺人"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "míngyù shārén",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "名誉杀人"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "榮譽謀殺"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngyù móushā",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "荣誉谋杀"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vražda ze cti"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "honormurdo"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "kunniamurha"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "crime d’honneur"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "ɣirsebis mḳvleloba",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "ღირსების მკვლელობა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ehrenmord"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "rétzakh al khilúl kavód hammishpakhá",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "רֶצַח עַל חִלּוּל כָּבוֹד הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "sammān hatyā",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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      "word": "सम्मान हत्या"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "becsületgyilkosság"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "delitto d'onore"
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      "alt": "めいよのさつじん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meiyo-no satsujin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "名誉の殺人"
    },
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      "alt": "名譽殺人",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeong'ye sarin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "명예 살인"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "homicīdium honōrābile"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "abhimānakkola",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "അഭിമാനക്കൊല"
    },
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "durabhimānakkola",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "ദുരഭിമാനക്കൊല"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "æresdrap"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "æresdrap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qatl-e nâmusi",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "قتل ناموسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jenâyat nâmusi",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "جنایت ناموسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zabójstwo honorowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morte de honra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assassinato de honra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "homicídio de honra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "aṇakh xātar katal",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "ਅਣਖ ਖ਼ਾਤਰ ਕਤਲ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crimă de onoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubíjstvo čésti",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уби́йство че́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "у̀бо̄јство збо̏г части"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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        "Serbian",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "убиство збо̏г части"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "Croatian",
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ùbōjstvo zbȍg časti"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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        "Roman",
        "Serbian",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ubistvo zbȍg časti"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "crimen de honor"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "asesinato de honor"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hedersmord"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "keḷaravak kolai",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "கெளரவக் கொலை"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "paruvu hatyalu",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "పరువు హత్యలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "namus cinayeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "töre ve namus suçları"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "onur suçları"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ubývstvo čésti",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уби́вство че́сті"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vbývstvo čésti",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вби́вство че́сті"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "namusi qatl",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ناموسی قتل"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moude d' oneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "earwraak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "earmoard"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "cınayetê namusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "qetlê namusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "zea",
      "lang": "Zealandic",
      "sense": "murder as a cultural practice",
      "word": "eerwraek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "honour killing"
}

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