hit man

noun

|Updated on: 3 Aug 2018

Examples: hit man in a Sentence

Definition of hit man

1 : a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate

2 : hatchet man

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Examples of hit man in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples of hit man from the Web

Certainly people who are working as hit men are not allowed to be doing that.

— joshua partlow, Washington Post, "Inside the Mexican towns that produce America’s heroin," 17 Feb. 2018
In the comedy-series category, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel joined newcomers GLOW and Barry, Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s HBO series about a discontented hit man.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "Emmy Nominations 2018: Netflix Takes Over," 12 July 2018
The video is peppered with an array of funky images, including flying dollar bills, a sports car, a hit man holding a gun, and 2 Chainz in a wheelchair to emphasize the track's buoyant lyrics.

— carl lamarre, Billboard, "2 Chainz Releases Lyric Video for 'Bigger Than You' With Drake & Quavo," 2 July 2018
The hit men arrived by motorcycle at noon, stepped into the Toreo Restaurant and, without uttering a word, opened fire on Antonia Jaimes Moctezuma.

— patrick j. mcdonnell, San Francisco Chronicle, "At least 30 candidates killed in Mexican election campaigns," 12 Apr. 2018
Henry Winkler His days as the Fonz on Happy Days are long behind him, but Henry Winkler is still a TV star these days, thanks to HBO’s dark comedy Barry, in which Winkler appears as the acting teacher of a hit man who longs for the stage.

— nick vadala, Philly.com, "Wizard World Comic Con: 10 celebrities to see in Philadelphia," 16 May 2018
Just a friendly reminder that Tim Labesis went to prison for hiring a hit man to kill his wife.

— kathleen joyce, Fox News, "As I Lay Dying reunites with frontman who hired hitman to kill wife," 13 June 2018
That's how long the former escort was sentenced to be behind bars after a jury convicted her in July of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband, Michael Dippolito.

— marc freeman, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Appeals court again denies Dalia Dippolito's bid to leave prison during appeal," 4 June 2018
Or Betty LaFrance down on death row — a leg model who had her husband murdered for his life insurance money, then got caught after putting a hit out on her hit man.

— alexis burling, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘The Mars Room,’ by Rachel Kushner," 27 Apr. 2018

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