hari-kari
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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What will Boehner do when he’s done committing political hari-kari?
From Time • Oct. 26, 2015
And it does no good to tell her that hari-kari is a Japanese or Chinese trick.
From Set in Silver by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
The director now turned to the British captain, who had been observing everything with the greatest interest, and, with a smile, asked him if he would like to commit hari-kari?
From The Great War Syndicate by Stockton, Frank Richard
It will be suggest to me, because I am of daimio blood"—Tamada drew himself up slightly as he claimed his nobility—"that I make hari-kari.
From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton
Not one would dare defy an Anaconda order; it would be political hari-kari.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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