rubout

Example Sentences

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“It was murder. … It was a rubout,” Gapay said Tuesday at a Manila airbase where the bodies of three of the soldiers were flown.

From Seattle Times

A woman in a blonde wig opened fire in a busy Mexico City restaurant this week, killing two alleged Israeli mobsters in what police suspect was a gangland rubout, according to reports.

From Fox News

Police, however, fatally shot a town mayor linked to illegal drugs inside a jail in 2016 in what they said was a shootout, but government investigators declared it a rubout.

From Seattle Times

Domingo’s husband and son were gunned down in their house in what police say was a gunbattle with drug suspects, but Conti said was a rubout.

From Seattle Times

After weeks of investigation, the National Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it determined that the two inmates died in a police “rubout” and not a shootout.

From Seattle Times