Hatchet Job Definition
noun
A biased, malicious attack on the character or activities of a person, institution, etc.
Webster's New World
(idiomatic) A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a very unfavorable manner; a work of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.
Many Republicans say that the book State of Denial by Bob Woodward is nothing more than an election year hatchet job.
Wiktionary
(idiomatic) 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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