hara-kiris

noun

variants also hari-karis
plural of hara-kiri
as in foul play

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  1. foul play
  2. murders
  3. suicides
Noun
  • Preliminary evidence suggests there was no foul play in the man’s death, but his cause of death has not yet been determined.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2026
  • No evidence of foul play was discovered, though the investigation dragged on.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of foul play
Noun
  • Mackenzie was charged with the murders alongside 28 of his followers, including guards who enforced his fasting directives and gravediggers who helped conceal the mass graves.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Alabama capped off the triple execution day by putting Michael Taylor, 54, to death for the 1991 murders of an older couple who were beaten to death with a metal bar during a robbery inside their home.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of murders
Noun
  • The trio also discussed the mental turmoil among Latino youth, highlighting the recent tragic suicides of Samuel Gonzalez Terrones and Xavier Nungaray-Martinez.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • By the 1980s both forms of entertainment would come under fire from religious and parent groups that blamed rock music and role-playing games for the suicides of young fans.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of suicides
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