hit squad
Frequency: 5.22.8 per million words
a group of people sent to kill or harm someone
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Examples (20)
- The dictator reportedly employed a hit squad to eliminate his political opponents.
- He sent a hit squad after the chief.
- Police intelligence suggested a hit squad was targeting the witness.
- The dictator employed a hit squad to eliminate his rivals.
- Rumors circulated that a powerful cartel had dispatched a hit squad.
- Rumors circulated about a mysterious hit squad operating in the city.
- The documentary explored the covert operations of a government-backed hit squad.
- Police believe a professional hit squad carried out the assassination.
- Fears grew that a vengeful hit squad was seeking retribution.
- They feared that a hit squad had been dispatched to silence them.
- He was accused of ordering a hit squad to silence his critics.
- An investigation was launched to identify the members of the hit squad.
- The security forces were on high alert for any signs of a potential hit squad.
- The criminal organization reportedly uses a ruthless hit squad for its dirty work.
- An international hit squad was believed to be responsible for the assassination.
- Witnesses claimed to have seen a suspicious vehicle possibly belonging to a hit squad near the scene.
- They narrowly escaped an ambush set by a professional hit squad.
- The government denied allegations of secretly employing a hit squad.
- The novel depicted a rogue hit squad operating outside the law.
- He hired extra bodyguards, anticipating a potential attack by a hit squad.