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Hatchet job

A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.

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noun

1
A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.
"That article about the mayor is nothing more than a hatchet job."
2
An action or a program which imposes deep reductions in expenditure.
"This so-called reform of our wage agreement was really just one big hatchet job!"

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