cutthroat
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9.5
- noun
- /ˈkʌtˌθroʊt/
- NSFW
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- Two of our fiercer-looking cutthroats are going from man to man and, at knife-point, extracting money from each.
- cutthroat murderer
- mercenary cutthroat
Examples
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In the dark alley, she felt unsafe knowing that a cutthroat could be hiding around any corner.
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I am sure that Dickens was as relieved as I was to escape that pit of cutthroats.
Fiction book (1990) -
But first they must catch the Westminster Cutthroat, as the newspapers were calling him.
Fiction book (1990) -
If he sees a gang of armed cutthroats, he'll take cover.
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I cannot forget it was cutthroats such as you... who murdered my family and left me an orphan.
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It's filled with murdering cutthroats.
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I promised to return to her tent at midnight and rescue her from the robbers and cutthroats who had kidnapped her.
Fiction book (2000) -
The detective was on the hunt for the notorious cutthroat who had terrorized the city for months.
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He was known as a cutthroat in the underworld, feared by many for his ruthless methods.
Synonyms
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1.9
A person or animal that makes another living thing die on purpose
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3.4
A person who illegally kills another person on purpose
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6.5
A person who kills others, often dangerous animals or enemies
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9.6
A murderer who cuts and badly hurts people with a knife
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8.6
A person who kills people in a cruel way
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8.1
A person who kills someone by squeezing their throat so they cannot breathe
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8.8
A person or thing that kills by pushing a sharp object through someone
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9.9
A person who kills someone on purpose
A person paid to kill someone
A person who kills or tries to kill someone by strangling
A person who kills someone by strangling them
A person who kills men, often many of them
Antonyms
Compounds
A business situation where companies compete very hard and may hurt competitors to win
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cutthroat comes from the two simple words cut ('to cut') and throat ('the front of the neck'), and it originally named a person who kills by cutting someone's throat.