hit man

noun

1
: a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate
2

Examples of hit man in a Sentence

She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.
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Merchant is accused of trying to hire a hit man as part of a multiphase plot culminating in August or September. John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025 The boldness of the plot was a dark reflection of India’s rising economic weight in the West, despite the farcical denouement: An American informant had unwittingly been hired as a hit man. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025 Powell plays Gary Johnson, a college professor moonlighting as a fake hit man to help cops catch people who are trying to hire a contract killer. Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024 Peacock and Sky renewed hit man drama The Day of the Jackal for a second season earlier this month and the streamer and British broadcaster confirmed that Redmayne will return. Peter White, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hit man 

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hit man was in 1963

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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20man. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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