hit man

noun

Synonyms of hit mannext
1
: a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate
2
: hatchet man

Examples of hit man in a Sentence

She hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband.
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In order to exact that revenge, Weiner said Banks had hit men target Tyquian Terrel Bowman, also known as Quando Rondo. — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 But the current Sinaloa turf war—la narcopandemia, locals call it—has created new categories of victims, far from the foot soldiers and hit men targeted in previous spasms of violence. — Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Pinson kind of looked like that hit man or fixer on that show about crystal meth in New Mexico. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 After a summer of mysterious teasers, Drake’s fourth and final livestream ahead of the album drops suggested that Iceman’s title is a reference to Richard Kuklinski, the tristate-area mob hit man (not the X-Men icon). — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hit man

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hit man was in 1963

Rhymes for hit man

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