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hit list

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noun Slang.

a list of persons singled out as targets for murder.
a list of people or programs to be acted against or disposed of.

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Nearby words

hit below the belt, hit between the eyes, hit bottom, hit it big, hit it off, hit list, hit man, hit off, hit on, hit on all cylinders, hit one where one lives

Origin of hit list

First recorded in 1970–75
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for hit list

hit list

noun informal

a list of people to be murdereda terrorist hit list
a list of targets to be eliminated in some waya hit list of pits to be closed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012