rubout
[ ruhb-out ]
/ ˈrʌbˌaʊt /
noun Slang.
a murder or assassination.
RELATED WORDS
murder, crime, manslaughter, assassination, death, hit, butchery, ride, carnage, bloodshed, offing, erase
Nearby words
Origin of rubout
1925–30, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase rub out
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Examples from the Web for rubout
It looks as though somebody put somebody on the spot for a rubout.
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