hit man

noun

1

: a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate

2

: hatchet man

Examples of hit man in a Sentence

She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.

Recent Examples on the Web

According to the latest indictment, federal prosecutors allege that Paez enforces the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations in Sinaloa and Tijuana using armed fighters and hit men to carry out murders, kidnappings and other violent activity. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

After a summer of mysterious teasers, Drake’s fourth and final livestream ahead of the album drops suggested that Iceman’s title is a reference to Richard Kuklinski, the tristate-area mob hit man (not the X-Men icon). — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 May 2026

And — no spoilers — a famous action movie star makes a surprise cameo as a hit man. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026

The prosecutors described a pyramid of murder and impunity with Duterte at the apex, police and civilian officials in the middle, and low-level policemen, police assets, and hit men at the bottom. — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hit man

• afghan
• bedpan
• began
• caveman
• chapin
• cyan
• deadpan
• dextran
• divan
• doorman
• fishman
• flagman