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
Now, Mrs. Norton is afraid that, if Sir Lionel scolds him much, he will commit hari-kari on the threshold of the hotel, which would be embarrassing.
From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
Not one would dare defy an Anaconda order; it would be political hari-kari.
From The President A novel by Alfred Henry Lewis
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 Stockton Mulford
And it does no good to tell her that hari-kari is a Japanese or Chinese trick.
From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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