rubout

[ruhb-out]

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noun Slang.

a murder or assassination.

Origin of rubout

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

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Related Words for rubout

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

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Historical Examples of rubout

It looks as though somebody put somebody on the spot for a rubout.
"And That's How It Was, Officer"
Ralph Sholto