salami tactics
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salami tactics
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Calque of Hungarian szalámitaktika, coined by Hungarian communist Mátyás Rákosi to describe the method, "cutting them off like slices of salami", by which the ruling Hungarian Working People's Party dealt with dissidents under his leadership.
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- The piecemeal removal or scaling back of something (especially political opposition); a gradual attack on an opposing position, group, etc. At another level, there are what the Americans describe as Iraq's "salami tactics" - picking at weak points in the rules of sanctions, preferably in ways that cause disagreement between the US and other countries.
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noun piecemeal removal
| 日本語 | サラミ戦術 sarami senjutsu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 切香腸戰術 /切香肠战术 qièxiāngcháng zhànshù |
| Français | saucissonnage, tactique du salami |
| Deutsch | Salamitaktik |
| Tiếng Việt | chiến thuật cắt lát salami |
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title = {salami tactics},
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