dowry
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This is no hostile takeover proposal — more like an actual proposal-proposal, with a really big dowry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2025
His wife, he alleged, had filed "false court cases", accusing him of cruelty, dowry harassment and various other wrongdoings.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
News of Subhash's tragic death has also galvanised men's rights activists and started a wider debate around India's tough dowry law.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
Their helpline number, he says, receives about 86,000 calls every year and most cases are about matrimonial disputes that include false dowry cases and attempts at extortion.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
Instead of a dowry, Antonmaria offers Francesco some property, the deed to a farm outside Florence.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Though it has been illegal for more than 60 years, dowries are still omnipresent in Indian weddings.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
The grooms in Malaysia forfeit dowries and often send money to the brides’ parents.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Others have been subjected to outright deceit, their families defrauded of dowries, honeymoon expenses and visa payments.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
Women retained the ownership of their dowries at marriage, could initiate divorce, and controlled their own inheritances.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
“What for you,” my mother would say, taking my face in her hands, “my last-born, my baby? Four dowries is too much for a man to bear.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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