rubout

[ruhb-out] /ˈrʌbˌaʊt/
noun, Slang.
1.
a murder or assassination.
Origin
1925-30, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase rub out
Slang definitions & phrases for rubout

rubout

noun

A murder; gangster-style killing: the hombre she blamed for Paddy's rub-out (1927+ Underworld)