extreme prejudice

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lethal force, applied extrajudicially with the intent to kill. uncountable
    — Osborn was involved in the liquidation program and cites an example of a Vietnamese operative being liquidated with extreme prejudice on orders from higher headquarters.
  2. Severe treatment. uncountable
    — Without a real market to determine the price such suggested prices should be discounted with extreme prejudice by any potential investors.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see extreme, prejudice. uncountable
    — The centerpiece of the court's justification for reversing and remanding was its conclusion that when the trial judge disclosed the terms of the settlement, he created a great risk of extreme prejudice to the remaining defendant.

词源

From the longer phrase terminate with extreme prejudice, popularized by the film Apocalypse Now (1979), but used earlier jokingly as CIA jargon.
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