Definitions
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- noun A murder or killing.
- noun Destruction or obliteration.
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- noun slang An
assassination . - noun computing, uncountable, dated
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Examples
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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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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.
Jerry Capeci: Bonanno Family Wiseguy Nabbed in 30-Year-Old Mob Rubout Jerry Capeci 2010
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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.
Jerry Capeci: Turncoat Capo Fingers Persico Family Crony In Mob War Rubout Jerry Capeci 2011
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The rubout of Gerard Pappa in the summer of 1980 was not unexpected.
Jerry Capeci: Bonanno Family Wiseguy Nabbed in 30-Year-Old Mob Rubout Jerry Capeci 2010
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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.
Jerry Capeci: Bonanno Family Wiseguy Nabbed in 30-Year-Old Mob Rubout Jerry Capeci 2010
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On the day of the rubout, Kelley was with “friends” at the golf course, all decked out like golfers.
The Mob and Me John Partington 2010
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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.
Jerry Capeci: Feds Play Hardball With Capo Charged in Mob Sex Case 2010
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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.
Jerry Capeci: Wiseguy Flips; Blunder By US Attorney's Office Gives It Up Jerry Capeci 2010
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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 2009
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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? 2009
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