hit man
or hit·man
- a hired killer, especially a professional killer from the underworld.
- hatchet man(def 3).
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Origin of hit man
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
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Contemporary Examples
With few other options, he became a hitman and killed many times.
In Devoted to Death, Chesnut describes a Mexican hitman who has an image of la Santa engraved on the butt of his pistol.
Benedetto Ceraulo, the Sicilian hitman, was given a life sentence.
Filiberto Garcia is a hitman who knows exactly what gun to use for killing at short range, but not much beyond that.
You can only access a site called the “Hitman Network” if you use an anonymous router.
hit man
- slang a hired assassin, esp one employed by gangsters
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