hired gun

Example Sentences

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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

She said a crypto-related Super Bowl ad could be okay because the star would be insulated by the understanding the ad is a large enterprise on which they’re just a hired gun.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2022

“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.