hitman
Definition
Noun: A person who is paid to murder someone, typically using a firearm. A hitman is a professional criminal hired to carry out assassinations.
Usage
The word "hitman" is a singular, countable noun. It is typically used in informal or journalistic contexts related to crime, organized crime, or thriller narratives. * The gang hired a hitman to eliminate the rival boss. * In the movie, the protagonist is a former hitman trying to leave his violent past behind. * Police believe a professional hitman was responsible for the shooting.
Advanced Usage
- "To be a hitman for": To work as an assassin for a specific person or organization.
- He was a hitman for one of the city's most powerful crime families.
Variants and Related Words
- Hit (noun, informal): The act of murder carried out by a hitman, or the contract for such a murder.
- The mob boss ordered a hit on the informant.
- Assassin (noun): A more formal term for someone who murders a prominent person, often for political or ideological reasons. While a hitman is always a paid professional, an assassin may not be.
- Contract killer (noun): A direct synonym for "hitman," emphasizing the contractual nature of the murder-for-hire.
Synonyms
- Assassin
- Contract killer
- Gunman (in this specific context)
- Murderer (general term; a hitman is a specific type of murderer)
Related Phrases
- Hired gun: An idiom that can literally mean a hitman, or figuratively mean a person hired to perform a specific, often ruthless, task.
- The corporation brought in a hired gun to fire half the staff.
Noun
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a professional killer who uses a gun
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