Wetwork (Russian: мокрое дело, romanized: mokroye delo), (colloquial: Russian: мокруха, romanized: mokrukha) is a euphemism for murder or assassination that alludes to spilling blood. The expression and the similar wet job, wet affair, or wet operation are all calques of Russian terms for such activities and can be traced to criminal slang from at least the 19th century and originally meant robbery that involved murder or the spilling of blood.
Wetwork (Russian: мокрое дело, romanized: mokroye delo), (colloquial: Russian: мокруха, romanized: mokrukha) is a euphemism for murder or assassination that alludes to spilling blood. The expression and the similar wet job, wet affair, or wet operation are all calques of Russian terms for such activities and can be traced to criminal slang from at least the 19th century and originally meant robbery that involved murder or the spilling of blood.
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