hari-kari

American  

[hahr-ee-kahr-ee, har-ee-kar-ee] / ˈhɑr iˈkɑr i, ˈhær iˈkær i /

noun

1. a variant of hara-kiri.

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hari-kari British  

/ ˌhærɪˈkɑːrɪ /

noun

1. a non-Japanese variant of hara-kiri

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Example Sentences

What will Boehner do when he’s done committing political hari-kari?

From Time • Oct. 26, 2015

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

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

Had we placed any confidence in the resolutions passed by the Memphians, we should have expected all the denizens of the Bluff City to commit hari-kari, after first setting fire to their dwellings.

From Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation by Knox, Thomas Wallace

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)