刺し客かく戦せん術じゅつ

noun

strategy of fielding candidates to unseat party rivals; assassin tactic

A political strategy in which a party fields its own candidates in an election with the aim of defeating rival members of the same party, often in a primary or intra-party contest. The term is associated with Japanese political maneuvering, particularly within the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

See also: 刺客候補

• 党とうの執しっ行こう部ぶは、反はん対たい派はの議ぎ員いんを落らく選せんさせるために刺し客かく戦せん術じゅつをとった。

  The party leadership used the assassin tactic to unseat opposing lawmakers.

• 刺し客かく戦せん術じゅつは、党とう内ないの権けん力りょく闘とう争そうでよく見みられる手しゅ法ほうだ。

  The assassin tactic is a common method in intra-party power struggles.