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

For many, official pledges of justice ring hollow in a country where few gang slayings are resolved beyond what critics call token arrests, typically of low-level hit men and not the masterminds. — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Pinson kind of looked like that hit man or fixer on that show about crystal meth in New Mexico. — Literary Hub, 24 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

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