hit squad
Americannoun
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a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
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a group of political terrorists.
Etymology
Origin of hit squad
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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The 15-strong hit squad was travelling on diplomatic passports and included several of MBS’s own bodyguards.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
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
“I don’t like the concept of stopping an investment of $110 billion into the United States,” Mr. Trump said just two weeks after Mr. Khashoggi, a Virginia resident, was killed by a Saudi hit squad.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 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
The Turkish government had photographs of a 15-man hit squad arriving from Saudi Arabia and entering the consulate shortly before Khashoggi.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2018
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