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hired killer
noun as in hired gun
noun as in hit man
noun as in thug
Strongest matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
His niceness opposes that of Knox, an unruly, psychotic hired killer appropriately depicted by Conor McGregor, an actor and MMA star associated with multiple assault cases who’s pretty much just being himself.
But Bonilla’s tenure was plagued by allegations of human rights violations, including running death squad s and being a hired killer for drug traffickers.
There is usually an honest officer, or officers, of the law; someone in over their head; and a hard-to-stop, possibly crazy hired killer.
“Assassin Club” stars Henry Golding as a hired killer who gets drafted into a game he didn’t ask to play, requiring him to terminate a half-dozen colleagues before they can take him out.
Lin, the hired killer for his town’s magistrate, is poorly compensated: Rather than being paid in silver, he’s given fabric to barter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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