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View synonyms for hit squad

hit squad

noun

, Slang.
  1. a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure.
  2. a group of political terrorists.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hit squad1

First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences

“The political hit squad in the Texas House failed again in their persecution of Ken Paxton.”

It was still dark out, and many patients at the Ibn Sina hospital in the West Bank were still sleeping, when the hit squad arrived.

Evelyn Vega, also filed suit this week with similar allegations about a “hit squad” and a revoked promotion.

Yury Garavsky had confessed to being part of a hit squad in Belarus that forcibly disappeared prominent members of the country's opposition.

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Yury Garavsky said he had been part of a hit squad involved in the men's abductions but denied direct involvement in their deaths.

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