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as in torpedo
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as in hired gun
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Recent Examples of hit man
But according to a 2024 Department of Justice criminal complaint, Tehran also spent years seeking hit men to assassinate former Trump officials associated with the plan to kill Soleimani.
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Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
The novel, as Fitzgerald planned it, was supposed to climax with the Mayer and Thalberg characters hiring hit men to murder each other.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Sconce eventually pleaded guilty to 21 criminal counts — including for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hit men — and was sentenced in 1989 to five years in prison.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
However, both the farmer and prospective hit men were FBI informants, according to the Justice Department.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 20 May 2025
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Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
The novel, as Fitzgerald planned it, was supposed to climax with the Mayer and Thalberg characters hiring hit men to murder each other.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Sconce eventually pleaded guilty to 21 criminal counts — including for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations and hiring hit men — and was sentenced in 1989 to five years in prison.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
However, both the farmer and prospective hit men were FBI informants, according to the Justice Department.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit man
Noun
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Director Edward Berger designed the experience to evoke visceral tension: rain droplets, torpedo corridors, and claustrophobic realism blur the line between viewer and scene.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Newport News is additionally equipped with advanced sonar to support surveillance as well as Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Mark 48 torpedoes for potential interdiction of surface ships.—
Amir Daftari
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Today there are two main types of lobbyists in Springfield: those who work exclusively for a single corporation or interest group — the state’s manufacturers or retailers, for instance — and those who contract with a variety of clients, essentially hired guns for anyone willing to pay.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Nov. 2024
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Every four years, ambitious consultants and hired guns sit down with aspiring presidents and sell them a lie.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
17 Aug. 2023
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With Charlie Hunnam in the leading role, season 3 will dive into the haunting story of the notorious 1950s murderer who not only took multiple lives but also exhumed graves to create household and clothing items from human remains.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
20 Sep. 2025
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The conservative influencer Candace Owens released an image purporting to show the alleged murderer at the outlet during an episode of her podcast.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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The White House and its hatchet men attacking culture are coming for the artists, curators, museum directors, docents, writers, and editors who value freedom and liberation and Black history and women’s history and ideas and progress.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s extracurricular gig as President Donald Trump’s hatchet man has turned the Tesla brand — once a favorite among upwardly mobile lefties — into a symbol of America’s right wing.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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That assassin went on to seriously wound a colleague of Hortman and her husband and had a hit list of forty-four Democrats.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Disney, the parent company of ABC, removed the late-night comedian from its airwaves after a conservative outcry over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassin culminated in public pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Hit man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit%20man. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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