salami tactics

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === salami tactics pl (plural only) The piecemeal removal or scaling back of something (especially political opposition); a gradual attack on an opposing position, group, etc. ==== Related terms ==== salami-slice salami slicing salami technique ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== chip away boiling frog === Further reading === salami tactics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia