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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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.
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Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Capitol Police, have increased security for those named in that hit list.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 16 June 2025
Vance Boelter, the suspect charged with killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and wounding a second lawmaker and his wife, had an arsenal of weapons and a hit list in his vehicle, according to court documents.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Germany is at the top of U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic hit list, thanks to its major trade surplus with the United States and its cautious defense spending.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
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Louis Balsamo, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2025
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and Capitol Police, have increased security for those named in that hit list.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 16 June 2025
Vance Boelter, the suspect charged with killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband and wounding a second lawmaker and his wife, had an arsenal of weapons and a hit list in his vehicle, according to court documents.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
Germany is at the top of U.S. President Donald Trump’s economic hit list, thanks to its major trade surplus with the United States and its cautious defense spending.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Hit list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20list. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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