shoot-to-kill

〖名詞の前で〗(軍隊･警察の)必殺の, 必ず殺せという〈命令･規則など〉.

During the period known as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (the second half of the 20th century), the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) were accused by Republicans of operating a "shoot-to-kill" policy, under which suspected terrorists were alleged to have been deliberately killed without any attempt to arrest them.