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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Meanwhile, Judi’s hit man gets killed by Hyde-Tyler. Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025 In 2011, Tran, then 31, tried to hire a hit man at his younger brother’s request, but the assassin was actually an undercover San Jose police officer, according to court documents. Jason Green, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025 That required massive amounts of money for transportation networks, for weapons, for hit men, and above all, for bribes — to cops and politicians and soldiers and border agents. Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025 Harmon will play Joe, a hit man who works for Angelo and Dutch (Michael Imperioli). Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit man

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 17 Sep. 2025.

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