hitman

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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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a professional killer who uses a gun