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hired gun
noun as in professional killer
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Example Sentences
He accuses me of being a "hired gun" as if I am an easily bought cypher for right wing propaganda.
From The Daily Beast
Dimon, by contrast, is a hired gun—an employee paid to run a publicly traded company.
From The Daily Beast
Being fired is dehumanizing in any event, but to get the news from a "hired gun" only makes matters worse.
From The Daily Beast
Murray himself was at the wheel and, sitting beside him, was another man equally familiar–it was Dave, his hired gun-man.
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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