Definition of "hit man" []

• Slang A man hired by a crime syndicate as a professional killer. (noun)
• Slang A hatchet man. (noun)

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• "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy, a larger-than-life professional hit man who bloodies people and breaks bones."
• "Then the hit man took another bow, like he had after he shot down Jiang An-Lo."
• ""Danny, I moved to Rubistan because Kent hired a hit man to kill me.""