The act of carrying out a death sentence, typically due to a major infraction of the law. This is most commonly done by injection of a deadly substance. Certain countries have public executions, public events where people are welcome to watch the executions of felons. The term is also associated with the murder of hostages at the hands of terrorists.
Someone who gets paid hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars, to eat lunch in fancy restaurants, play golf, and buy elections. Complains that the people who do the actual work cost too much, so cuts health insurance and lays off employees. Moves jobs to places where people are willing to work for .35 an hour, twelve hours a day, and live without indoor plumbing. Can totally screw up a company, and still get a golden parachute and another cushy "job."
Executives are so unused to doing any actual work that they would be crusting without some underpaidassistant to wipe their bums.
