hired gun

Other forms: hired guns

Definitions of hired gun
  1. noun
    a professional killer who uses a gun
    synonyms: gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman
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    type of:
    liquidator, manslayer, murderer
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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