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/sɪˈkɑːɹi.əʊ/ · noun
hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels).
The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.
Use sicario when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sicario means hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels).
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.
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