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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Last month, Terrogram’s co-leader from California pled guilty to federal charges of soliciting hate crimes and calling for the murder of government officials via a hit list of high-value targets.
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
That assassin went on to seriously wound a colleague of Hortman and her husband and had a hit list of forty-four Democrats.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
In June, Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were murdered in their home by a gunman with a hit list of 45 officials.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
This hit list, by the way, compiled through internet searches, is regrettably incomplete.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
That assassin went on to seriously wound a colleague of Hortman and her husband and had a hit list of forty-four Democrats.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
In June, Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were murdered in their home by a gunman with a hit list of 45 officials.
—Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
This hit list, by the way, compiled through internet searches, is regrettably incomplete.
—Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Hit list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20list. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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