public service murder
n.— «The former dean of the Brooklyn Law School sounded like an overworked detective who speaks of “public service murders” bad guys killing bad guys.» —“Bad Judgment On Mafia Big” by Mark Kriegel N.Y. Daily News Apr. 15, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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