Salami slicing refers to a series of many small actions, often performed by clandestine means, that as an accumulated whole produces a much larger action or result that would be difficult or unlawful to perform all at once. The term is typically used pejoratively.
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One MP described it as "salami slicing power" away from Westminster, which is not a bad description.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Power struggle over the assembly
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Paul Beaver, of the magazine Jane's Defence Weekly, said the grounding of the helicopters was a result of "10 years of salamislicing defence cuts".
BBC: Safety scare grounds Lynx helicopters
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That's why far from simply salami-slicing numbers coming here with no thought to the impact that will have on business, we have thought incredibly carefully about how we can select and attract the world's brightest to our shores.