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.
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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
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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
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“Hit list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20list. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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