hit squad

American  

noun

Slang.

1. a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.

2. a group of political terrorists.

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Etymology

Origin of hit squad

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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hit squad

Olszewski testified Tuesday that she secretly recorded a phone call in June she initiated with Braddock in which he claimed the purported Russian-Ukrainian hit squad would respond quickly if he made a single phone call.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

But Mr. Hérard and his unit never engaged the hit squad at the residence, instead mounting a roadblock some distance away, according to his initial police testimony.

From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2021

The government has portrayed the attackers as a 28-member hit squad of Colombian ex-military and their two Haitian American interpreters.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2021

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rejected allegations that he sent a hit squad to kill an exiled Saudi former intelligence officer.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2020

Swinton is in lawyerly mode in this sturdy but old-fashioned drama: she is hunting down Nazi-collaborator-in-hiding Michael Caine, apparently the target of a Jewish hit squad.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2020