词汇 | termination with extreme prejudice |
词源 | termination with extreme prejudice. This is a CIA euphe- mism for assassination, which apparently originated in the 1960s. The CIA reportedly had (maybe still has) a special assas- sination unit called the Health Alternative Committee. |
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