hired gun

Example Sentences

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Fearful that this news would become public and make him look bad, Lively claims, Baldoni’s team orchestrated a smear campaign against her with the help of a hired gun named Jed Wallace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2025

Tacopina attacked Carroll's expert as a "hired gun" and attacked Carroll for not going to the police about the alleged attack.

From Salon • May 9, 2023

But Niemeyer also calls Wildlife Services “the hired gun of the livestock industry.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2023

“But I feel like a hired gun, in a sense, like a Boba Fett.”

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2019

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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.