HONOR KILLING


Meaning of HONOR KILLING in English

ˈhonour ˌkilling BrE AmE British English , honor killing American English noun [countable]

when a woman living in a country or society with very strict rules about women’s moral behaviour is murdered by her father or brother because she has had sex with someone that she is not married to

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.