rubout

[ ruhb-out ]

/ ˈrʌbˌaʊt /

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noun Slang.

a murder or assassination.

RELATED WORDS

murder, crime, manslaughter, assassination, death, hit, butchery, ride, carnage, bloodshed, offing, erase

Nearby words

rubivirus, ruble, rublyov, ruboff, rubor, rubout, rubredoxin, rubriblast, rubric, rubrical, rubricate

Origin of rubout

1925–30, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase rub out

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for rubout

It looks as though somebody put somebody on the spot for a rubout.
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