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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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 Madsen stars as mobster Sonny Black opposite Al Pacino’s hit man Lefty and Johnny Depp’s titular agent Donnie. Jami Ganz, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025 But according to a 2024 Department of Justice criminal complaint, Tehran also spent years seeking hit men to assassinate former Trump officials associated with the plan to kill Soleimani. Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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