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)