as in murders
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
the mafia boss ordered a rubout as casually as you might order a pizza
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The Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst racially motivated mass murders in American history, began May 31, 1921.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
29 May 2026 -
He had been tried in absentia and convicted in dozens of murders, including helping to mastermind a pair of 1992 bombings that killed top anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
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South Africa has extremely high violent crime rates, with the country recording more than 23,000 homicides in the last financial year, according to official crime statistics, an average of more than 60 a day.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Specifics of how he was linked to the homicides have not been released.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
10 June 2026
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Goodson's death provoked public outrage in Ohio as the killings of Black people by White officers increased demands for police reform following the killing of Floyd by a White police officer in Minneapolis.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Goodson’s death provoked public outrage in Ohio as the killings of Black people by white officers increased demands for police reform following the killing of Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 May 2026
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“Rubouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rubouts. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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