Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A murder or killing.
- n. Slang Destruction or obliteration: the rubout of a rival gang.
Wiktionary
- n. slang An assassination.
- n. computing, uncountable, dated backspace
Etymologies
- rub out (Wiktionary)
Examples
“LAWYER reportedly sent by Negros Occidental Rep. Jules Ledesma, husband of Assunta de Rossi, has baffled cops for coordinating with the QCPD to "check on the condition" of two video containing footages of the alleged "rubout" committed by its anti-carnapping”
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“The rubout of Gerard Pappa in the summer of 1980 was not unexpected.”
The Huffington Post: Jerry Capeci: Bonanno Family Wiseguy Nabbed in 30-Year-Old Mob Rubout
“Sources say that Rea and Red Hot each earned induction into the crime family of his choice because of their "work" in the Pappa rubout.”
The Huffington Post: Jerry Capeci: Bonanno Family Wiseguy Nabbed in 30-Year-Old Mob Rubout
“Ironically, Tieri, who would be found guilty of being a Mafia boss that September, had urged official family boss Gigante to order Pappa's rubout for his numerous violations of mob rules.”
The Huffington Post: Jerry Capeci: Bonanno Family Wiseguy Nabbed in 30-Year-Old Mob Rubout
“As Gang Land disclosed last month, the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have obtained evidence that Persico was involved in the 1990 rubout of a low-level drug dealer who had given the NYPD information that led to Persico's conviction and a 20 year sentence on state coke trafficking charges in 1988.”
The Huffington Post: Jerry Capeci: Turncoat Capo Fingers Persico Family Crony In Mob War Rubout
“It's not exactly softball, but the offer to Watts is just ten years in prison for another murder, the execution of businessman Fred Weiss, a 1989 rubout for late family Don John Gotti.”
The Huffington Post: Jerry Capeci: Feds Play Hardball With Capo Charged in Mob Sex Case
“But, as Gang Land reported last April, Saracino had allegedly lied about an arson for profit scheme, and his involvement in a mob rubout for which his brother Dino, 38, awaits trial.”
The Huffington Post: Jerry Capeci: Wiseguy Flips; Blunder By US Attorney's Office Gives It Up
“On the day of the rubout, Kelley was with “friends” at the golf course, all decked out like golfers.”
“Mob prince Alphonse (Allie) Persico, who is serving life for the 1999 rubout of then-underboss William (Wild Bill) Cutolo, has been linked to the gangland-style slayings of two high-flying penny-stock promoters who were killed that same year in a Colts Neck, N.J. mansion where one of the men lived, Gang Land has learned.”
Jerry Capeci: Mob Boss Tied To 1999 Murders Of Stock Swindlers In NJ Mansion
“Last week, under questioning by Carnesi, prosecution witness Michael Finnerty, a former Gotti crew member, testified that on the day of the DiBono murder, he was told by Carneglia and a second member of the hit team to never tell anyone, "especially John Junior," that the diminutive McMahon, known derisively as The Midget, was part of the rubout team.”
Jerry Capeci: Intrigue at Gotti IV; Sammy Bull for the Defense?
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Scriptie: Miller's Crossing
By the Coen brothers, 1990.
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