hired gun

Will Smith, one of the few homegrown talents on a team of hired guns, delivered the winning swing with his home run in the 11th.

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged four reputed members of a Latino street gang with acting as hired guns in a dispute between two rival Armenian organized crime figures.

All the while, musicians — some bandmates, others hired guns — filed in and out of four different studios, as he searched for perfection.

It's not clear how much of the pro-Depp clamor was seeded by his hired guns, but in the end, they were pushing on an open door.

You might save yourself from a life filled with small-talk with hired guns who were trained to speak to you in short sentences.