(in South Asia) the murder or suicide of a married woman caused by a dispute over her dowry.
嫁妆之死（指印度次大陆已婚女子由嫁妆争议引起的谋杀或自杀）
Example sentencesExamples
There were 512 dowry deaths in 23 cities across India in 2000.
He is pained by every report of dowry death in newspapers wherever he is located and feels that his mission is incomplete.
We talk of the numbers of victims - so many rapes per day, so many dowry deaths in a year, so many cases of female infanticide, instead of citing statistics about the perpetrators of these crimes.
It is well recognised that in crimes such as rape, molestation, dowry deaths, kidnapping and so on, victims would be more forthcoming if questioned by women police.
Whether it is honour killings, dowry deaths or defacement, the motivation is identical - the desire to assert power, full control, over another person.
Definition of dowry death in US English:
dowry death
noun
(in South Asia) the murder or suicide of a married woman caused by a dispute over her dowry.
嫁妆之死（指印度次大陆已婚女子由嫁妆争议引起的谋杀或自杀）
Example sentencesExamples
There were 512 dowry deaths in 23 cities across India in 2000.
He is pained by every report of dowry death in newspapers wherever he is located and feels that his mission is incomplete.
It is well recognised that in crimes such as rape, molestation, dowry deaths, kidnapping and so on, victims would be more forthcoming if questioned by women police.
Whether it is honour killings, dowry deaths or defacement, the motivation is identical - the desire to assert power, full control, over another person.
We talk of the numbers of victims - so many rapes per day, so many dowry deaths in a year, so many cases of female infanticide, instead of citing statistics about the perpetrators of these crimes.