WordNet
n. the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity [syn: sacrifice]
Usage examples of "ritual killing".
As far as I can tell, there is an absence of hard information suggesting that such a satanic cult exists in this area, and in addition, I know of nothing about the crime scene that suggests that this is an occult ritual killing.
In fact, it was the horrific example of Minder's ritual killing by Kadar that had persuaded them to act.
He predicted that serial and ritual killing would precede a social breakdown, and that increases in acts of domestic terrorism and pointless random killings would follow.
They'd just listened to a news pundit saying that serial and ritual killing had risen in North America by 225 percent in the last year.
Well, the Tanu have that kind of ritual killing only once in a blue moon—.
Well, the Tanu have that kind of ritual killing only once in a blue moon-like when there's a new King or Queen inaugurated.
One of the local gamekeepers turned up at the station a few hours ago, claiming to have witnessed some kind of ritual killing, somewhere up in the woods north of the Baltierny estate.
He went after Tucker as soon as he got out, then set up the murder to look like some ritual killing.
But every one of their meetings involves the ritual killing of an animal of some kind.