HyperDic: hired_gun

English > 1 sense of the expression hired gun:
NOUNperson hired gun, gunman, gunslinger, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shootera professional killer who uses a gun
English > hired gun: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningA professional killer who uses a gun.
Synonymsgunman, gunslinger, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter
Broadermurderer, liquidator, manslayerA criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
Spanishasesino a sueldo, asesino profesional, pistolero, sicario
Catalanassassí professional

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