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View synonyms for hired gun
hired gun
noun
, Informal.
- a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- a person hired to bear arms and fight for another, as a bodyguard or mercenary.
- a person, as a politician or lobbyist, skilled at attaining power for others.
- a person hired to resolve difficult problems or disputes or to handle complex legal or business problems.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hired gun1
First recorded in 1965–70
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Example Sentences
He accuses me of being a "hired gun" as if I am an easily bought cypher for right wing propaganda.
From The Daily Beast
Dimon, by contrast, is a hired gun—an employee paid to run a publicly traded company.
From The Daily Beast
Being fired is dehumanizing in any event, but to get the news from a "hired gun" only makes matters worse.
From The Daily Beast
Murray himself was at the wheel and, sitting beside him, was another man equally familiar–it was Dave, his hired gun-man.
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