Meaning of wet work | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A covert assassination performed by government operatives.
   euphemistic, uncountable
2. Work within a gang or organization that involves killing or attacking people, for assassination or intimidation.
   broadly, uncountable
3. Cleaning tasks that involve scrubbing with cleansers.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“2010, RED Joe: Victoria was the best wet work operator the Agency ever had. Woman 1: What does that mean? Victoria: I killed people, dearie.”

“He had also done a lot of Louis Deems' wet work, especially when it came to intimidating juries.”

“Most of the time I clean with A.J. or another coworker, who vacuums while I do the wet work—bathrooms and kitchens.”

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