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as in torpedo
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as in hired gun
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Recent Examples of hit man
Powell plays Gary Johnson, a college professor moonlighting as a fake hit man to help cops catch people who are trying to hire a contract killer.
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Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
Peacock and Sky renewed hit man drama The Day of the Jackal for a second season earlier this month and the streamer and British broadcaster confirmed that Redmayne will return.
—Peter White, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Few hit men would likely stop to pick up breakfast and be caught on camera.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Especially when your father was a legendary sicario (hit man).
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Esther Zuckerman, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
Peacock and Sky renewed hit man drama The Day of the Jackal for a second season earlier this month and the streamer and British broadcaster confirmed that Redmayne will return.
—Peter White, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
Few hit men would likely stop to pick up breakfast and be caught on camera.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Especially when your father was a legendary sicario (hit man).
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
Noun
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Just the forward battery compartment and the torpedo compartment.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
4 Jan. 2025
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Browse more than 100 independent specialty shops and watch artists work at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, an artists’ collective located in a former WWII torpedo factory.—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2024
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Today there are two main types of lobbyists in Springfield: those who work exclusively for a single corporation or interest group — the state’s manufacturers or retailers, for instance — and those who contract with a variety of clients, essentially hired guns for anyone willing to pay.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Nov. 2024
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Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 Aug. 2023
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have captured a criminal alien murderer weeks after Massachusetts authorities granted him parole for the 2006 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, state prison officials told local media.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Every one of them either a murderer, a drug lord, a kingpin of some kind, the head of the mob, or a gang member.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky, another of President Vladimir Putin’s hatchet men, advised Americans to vote for Donald Trump or risk being dragged into a nuclear war.—
Mitchell A. Orenstein,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Oct. 2016
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In the twenty-tens, the brothers took up solo careers; Malice converted to Christianity (becoming No Malice), as Pusha T became a hatchet man for Kanye West.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2023
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Peter and Rose are then tossed into a world of conspiracy involving White House officials, a metro bombing, assassins, the vice president's daughter, and Peter's own father — who, according to official record, was a traitor to his country.—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The assassins were working for Gordon Wick (Ben Cotton), the real culprit behind the DC Metro bombing along with Vice President Redfield (Christopher Shyer).—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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