triggermen

Definition of triggermennext
plural of triggerman

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Noun
  • The meeting ended—the first where the Young Lords and community people had done a fine job of exposing the real criminals and murderers in the streets of our communities.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The act allowed murderers’ bodies to be claimed by anatomists for research.
    Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Consider Bobbi, one of the assassins sent north to find Armando.
    Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In addition, the vessel carries Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Escarra messed with the torpedoes in 2025, but never committed.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One of the world's most prolific serial killers, Bundy confessed to murdering at least 30 women and young girls between 1974 and 1978, and investigators suspect that there may be many more victims, as the extent of his crimes (which also included rape and kidnapping) isn't fully known.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Nor was the literary confrontation around this time between addicts and killers, illness and crime, limited to conventional crime novels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Whitesitt caught his state-record cutty there in mid-April, around the same time cutthroats in the northern Rockies are spawning in tributary streams.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Triggermen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triggermen. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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