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plural hitmen
A contract killer, especially one paid by the mafia. quotations examples
Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco.
2007, Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger
The high priest of US arms controllers called me a "nuclear arms agreement hitman," which I took as a compliment.
2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, pages 172–173
(soccer) A goalscorer; someone who scores goals. examples