Usually means: Murder for perceived family shame.
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  1. honor killing: Merriam-Webster
  2. honor killing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. honor killing: Vocabulary.com
  4. honor killing: Wiktionary
  5. honor killing: Dictionary.com
  6. Honor killing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. honor killing: Rhymezone
  8. honor killing: FreeDictionary.org
  9. honor killing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. honor killing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. honor killing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Honor killing)

noun:  Alternative spelling of honour killing. [(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.]

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