prejudice

Related to prejudice: Without prejudice

kill (someone) with extreme prejudice

To kill someone without hesitation, mercy, or discernment. The general warned the rebels that they must either surrender or be killed with extreme prejudice. We must kill these terrorists with extreme prejudice to ensure the safety of our country.
See also: extreme, kill, prejudice

prejudice (one) against (someone or something)

To cause one to have a prejudicial and unfavorable opinion of someone or something. Don't let one bad experience prejudice you against trying snowboarding again! You shouldn't let her former employers' reputation prejudice you against her—she would make a valuable addition to your team.
See also: prejudice

terminate (someone) with extreme prejudice

To kill someone without hesitation, mercy, or discernment. The general warned the rebels that they must either surrender or be terminated with extreme prejudice. We must terminate these terrorists with extreme prejudice to ensure the safety of our country.
See also: extreme, prejudice, terminate

without prejudice

1. Without any detriment to or waiver of an existing or inherent legal right or claim. A: "But didn't the judge already decided the case in our favor?" B: "No, he dismissed it, but without prejudice, so the other party has the right to open another lawsuit against us."
2. Of an offer, not to be admissible in a court of law, especially as an admission or liability or guilt. The company offered to settle out of court for $250,000 without prejudice for the accident.
See also: prejudice, without
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

prejudice someone or something against someone or something

to turn someone or a group against someone or something. I believe that the lawyer was trying to prejudice the jury against the defendant. The discussion about how calves are raised prejudiced me against eating veal.
See also: prejudice
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

terminate someone with extreme prejudice

murder or assassinate someone. euphemistic, chiefly US
The expression originated in the terminology of the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1970s.
See also: extreme, prejudice, someone, terminate
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

without ˈprejudice (to something)

(law) without affecting any other legal matter: They agreed to pay compensation without prejudice (= without admitting guilt).
See also: prejudice, without
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • kill (someone) with extreme prejudice
  • terminate
  • terminate (someone) with extreme prejudice
  • terminate someone with extreme prejudice
  • at the mercy of somebody/something
  • place (oneself) at (someone's) mercy
  • get (someone) by the balls
  • go for the throat
  • without demur
  • without flinching
References in periodicals archive
I went through the same prejudice she had experienced.)
Dela Rosa on Imee Marcos: I feel for her, we're victims of prejudice
'Unmasking Prejudice: Silencing the Internal Voice of Bigotry' invites the reader to recognize and remove the hidden masks of prejudice so that he or she can have a hand in changing the cultural narrative and bringing healing to our land.
Unmasking Prejudice
Self-reports are often used to study people's prejudice against women leaders, and these have helped to gather important information about the form of intolerance and stereotyping against women in power takes.
Prejudice against women in power is greater than believed: Study
The heroine of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet, is an intelligent young woman with aspirations as well as faults.
Pride and prejudice
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HIV carriers hampered by prejudice, MPs told
The first question to be asked is how different is anti-Muslim prejudice from a general prejudice towards out-groups in a population?
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But then the figures for the Conservatives, Ukip, and Labour show almost identical categories displaying prejudice, except that the attitude of Labour to Welsh-speakers is not there!
Resentment does not equal prejudice
The results - published on his blog by Professor Roger Scully of Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre - show 33% of people admit to some prejudice against refugees, 29% against people from Eastern Europe and 28% against Muslims.
High levels of prejudice are revealed in opinion survey
In line with the aforementioned findings, the present study articulates the hypothesis that belief in free will can predict levels of prejudice when compared to disbelief in free will.
IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN IMPLICIT/EXPLICIT MEASURES OF SEXUAL PREJUDICE AND BELIEFS IN FREE WILL?
He said that the reservations had been redrafted "in a positive way", to ensure that they would not be used to substantiate any prejudice to the Islamic teachings which consolidate, rather than denigrate women's rights.
Bahrain committed to CEDAW covenant; no prejudice to Islamic precepts
The Nature of Prejudice: Society, Discrimination and Moral Exclusion
The Nature of Prejudice: Society, Discrimination and Moral Exclusion
This Ramadan, Coca-Cola said it hopes to tackle societal prejudice by inspiring the Middle East to remove the labels they put on people.
Coca-Cola hopes to fight sterotypes this Ramadan
Kang's study asked a simple but socially relevant question: Gan meditation reduce prejudice?
A practice to heal prejudice: how loving-kindness meditation taps the roots of empathy
Since Allport's classic and definitive work (Allport, 1954) racial prejudice has been recognized as a serious problem in American society.
Racial prejudice in college students: a cross-sectional examination
The British Social Attitudes survey revealed that, after years of decline, racism and prejudice is rising again.
RACISM ON THE RISE IN BRITAIN; 30% of people surveyed admit to being prejudiced