rubouts
Gangland murder jobs
Rubouts is the plural of rubout, slang for a murder or assassination, especially one carried out by organized crime.
The term evokes the clinical efficiency of erasing someone: The gang war resulted in a dozen rubouts over six months.
The word belongs to the hardboiled vocabulary of crime fiction and journalism.
Murder of a prominent figure
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- executionCompleting a planned task
- killingCausing death deliberately
whacking · slaying · gangland · mob · elimination · contract · hitman · mafia
Removing recorded marks
- deletionRemoval of content
- removalAct of taking away
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- effacementAct of erasing completely
whiteout · correction fluid · expunging · blotting · wiping · smudging · pencil · charcoal
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
killing · whacking · slaying · gangland · mob · elimination · contract · hitman · mafia · organized crime
erasing
Removing recorded marks
- deletionRemoval of content
- removalAct of taking away
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
effacement · whiteout · correction fluid · expunging · blotting · wiping · smudging · pencil · charcoal · sketch
ruboutsaccidents
Unintended harmful occurrences
accidental deaths · mishaps · freak accidents · natural causes · misadventures
ruboutsinitiations
Ceremonies admitting new members
recruitments · made men · inductions · welcomings · enlistments