"wetwork" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1997, Robert Littell, Walking back the cat:",
          "text": "From the very beginning, when he and Dewey had conceived the consortium and the operation that would make wetwork history, he had planned to be present...",
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          "ref": "2001, Christopher Golden, Rick Hautala, Brain Trust:",
          "text": "Once upon a time, Wilcox had been reluctant to take wetwork assignments, national security be damned. But he had been married then.",
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          "ref": "2004, John Dalmas, The Second Coming:",
          "text": "Some little task — some wetwork you'd rather hire out than do yourself?",
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