Gun-for-hire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gun-for-hire is a noun meaning A contract killer.
Meaning
A contract killer.
More Meanings
- (by extension) A contractor.
Example Sentences
After months of bitter disagreements and legal back-and-forth, he had finally given up and struck out on his own, but he'd met with a string of bad luck—a client who refused to pay, a flood, a false insurance claim—and he'd had to shut up shop; now he was working for a big construction firm as a gun for hire and telling anybody who would listen what a rotten hand he had been dealt.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hitman, hitperson, hitter, gunman, executioner, gunhandler.
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