suicide pact en · NOUN
Meanings
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An agreement between two or more people to commit suicide.
[…] with only three exceptions, no locomotives built since 1906 have been scrapped. One of the exceptions was an experimental high-pressure shunting locomotive; the other two made a suicide pact and collided.
1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 558:
- An arrangement or system of rules that is followed despite restricting the ability to deal with critical issues.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suicide pacts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
es pacto de suicidio (agreement to commit suicide) · fi itsemurhasopimus (agreement to commit suicide) · de Selbstmordpakt (agreement to commit suicide) · de Suizidpakt (agreement to commit suicide) · cmn 約死 /约死 (agreement to commit suicide)