hitman
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈhɪtˌmæn/
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sicario
- Specifically, she thinks he hired a hitman to murder her sister.
And so I went about hiring a hitman to, to, to kill this guy.
- And so I went about hiring a hitman to, to, to kill this guy.
- He relied on this Denaro as his hitman if anything was to be done.
- But we did the same thing with John Elite mafia hitman for the Gambinos.
- They refer to that as him being a hitman and going to paint houses.
- I like how they kind of quickly established that Diego, I'm guessing as a hitman for the OR.
- Like maybe like order a hitman or whatever.
- And there's a character in the movie that it's about two hitmen going to Vegas to pull a botched robbery.
- So there's a moment in the movie Leon the Professional, which is about a hitman, right?
- So I've seen someone else and they put the failures out and yeah, the there was a hitman coming down to shoot us and it got stopped.
- I know there's all, you know, normally every podcast I've seen with you, it normally just says Hitman contract killer.
- When I was younger, the idea of being a hitman or targeting evil in a skilled way, which is how I thought about it, really appealed to me.
Examples
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The first court appearance ended in a mistrial, and Hill was murdered by a hitman before he could be retried.
Academic text (2009) -
He is the most skillful hitman in Chicago.
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And so I went about hiring a hitman to, to, to kill this guy.
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I was a hitman for the Triads.
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They hire the best hitman in the world, not the country, the world.
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I'll hire a hitman if you don't want to help me stop this thing.
Fiction book (1990) -
Stallone plays a hitman who teams up with a lawman to beat down a bad guy.
Blog text (28) -
There was this big investigation, and they finally arrested some sexy-looking Mafia hitman.
Fiction book (1996) -
Tino, a local Miami hitman, is covertly watching Ben and Vitti on the beach.
Fiction book (1999) -
Local authorities arrested a suspect who allegedly hired a hitman to carry out the crime.
Synonyms
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6.3
A person who secretly kills a leader for political or religious reasons
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7.6
A person who criminals pay to kill someone
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9.9
A man hired to kill someone
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9.9
A person hired to kill someone in a sudden attack
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9.7
A person who uses a gun to kill people for money or on orders
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8.9
A person paid to kill someone
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9.1
A person who is paid to kill someone with a gun
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9.1
A woman who is paid to kill people, often using a gun
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8.3
A person who secretly kills an important person, often for money
A woman who is paid to kill someone, often using a gun
A person paid to kill someone
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Etymology
Hitman The word hitman comes from the crime use of hit meaning 'a planned attack' and man meaning 'a person'. So a hitman is the 'person who does a hit', someone hired to kill another person for money.