hit list

noun

: a list of persons or programs to be opposed or eliminated
broadly : a list of those targeted for special attention or treatment

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They were stalked and murdered by an extremist who also nearly killed state senator John Hoffman and his wife, and who had a hit list of other Democratic officials. Tim Ryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025 Other firms, including WilmerHale, Perkins Coie and Jenner & Block, were also on the Trump administration’s hit list. Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 28 June 2025 But for Morrison and Agbaje – along with untold others on the hit lists and people across Minneapolis and beyond – the conclusion of the police chase has yielded to another pursuit, one perhaps less riveting but, if possible, more heart-wrenching. Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 21 June 2025 Karoline Leavitt’s mean-spirited barb swiftly and unmistakably added the letters L, G, B, and Q to the T already on the Trump administration’s outrageously long hit list. Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit list

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hit list was in 1972

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“Hit list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20list. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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