- to maximally demote
- Esp. , EU [litt. rétrograder de façon maximale] tuer, liquider, buter qqn [qui en sait trop ou est devenu gênant]
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
to maximally demote
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demote maximally — to kill one of your associates Espionage jargon. The career as a spy of the victim certainly can fall no lower: Jonathan smiled at the cryptic jargon... in which demote maximally meant purge by killing. (Trevanian, 1972) A maximum… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
