wetwork
- n.湿活:指间谍或特工进行的暗杀、绑架等涉及暴力的非法活动。这个词源于俄语,意指涉及血腥的工作。
Wetwork
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Wetwork or wet work is a euphemism for murder or assassination, alluding to spilling blood. The expression "wet work", as well as the similar "wet job", "wet affair" or "wet operation", are all calques of the euphemism used by the KGB for such activities, mokroye delo (wet job).
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