contract killing
Murder for hire
Contract killing is the murder of a person carried out by someone hired to do it, typically for payment.
The hired killer, often called a hitman or contract killer, usually has no personal connection to the victim—the arrangement is purely transactional.
The term appears frequently in crime reporting and fiction involving organized crime.
Police believe the shooting was a contract killing arranged by a business rival.
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- slayingAct of killing
- clean killDeath without suffering
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- Assassinationsassassination, assassin, Kennedy assassination, Lincoln assassination, MLK assassination
- murderhomicide, manslaughter, assassination, premeditated murder, mass murder
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- capital crimesfirst-degree murder, premeditated murder, treason, high treason, felony murder
- killingshomicide, murder for hire, manslaughter, assassination, first-degree murder
- revengeretaliation, payback, vengeance, vendetta, blood feud
contract killingcrime of passion
Impulsive violent act from emotion
manslaughter · accidental killing · involuntary manslaughter · self-defense killing
contract killingcapital punishment
Execution by legal authority
judicial execution · legal execution · justifiable homicide · death penalty · self-defense killing
contract killinglifesaving
Preserving human existence
emergency medicine · rescue operation · medical intervention · rescue · personal security
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