hit squad
Contract murder group
A hit squad is a group organized to kill targeted individuals.
The term applies to assassins working for governments, criminal organizations, or political movements: The dictator deployed hit squads against dissidents.
More loosely, a hit squad is any team sent to eliminate something—a problem, a failing department, or opposition: Corporate sent a hit squad to restructure the division.
Paid professional murderer
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- gunmanArmed violent person
- sniperConcealed precision shooter
- hired gunPaid outside specialist
executioner · liquidator · cleaner · eliminator · triggerman · shooter · operative · mercenary
Criminal organization using intimidation
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- gangstersOrganized crime members
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
syndicate · underworld · crime family · drug lord · narcos · yakuza · triad · enforcer
Non-professional armed force
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- regimeSystem of governance
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- extrajudicialOutside court authority
political assassination · state-sponsored · military · commando · special forces · counterinsurgency · guerrilla · rebel
Concealed from authorities
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- shadowyObscured by darkness
- secretConcealed information
infiltration · sleeper cell · deep cover · intelligence · espionage · surveillance · reconnaissance · off-the-books
Process of working
- missionPurpose-driven task
- targetObject of pursuit
- markVisible impression or sign
- extractionAct of removing
ambush · coordinated · precision · strike team · assault · raid · surveillance · reconnaissance
contract killer
Paid professional murderer
hired gun · executioner · liquidator · cleaner · eliminator · triggerman · shooter · operative · mercenary · sicario
mafia
Criminal organization using intimidation
organized crime · syndicate · underworld · crime family · drug lord · narcos · yakuza · triad · enforcer · rubout
militia
Non-professional armed force
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
- regimeSystem of governance
- disappearanceAct of going missing
extrajudicial · political assassination · state-sponsored · military · commando · special forces · counterinsurgency · guerrilla · rebel · insurgent
clandestine
Concealed from authorities
- stealthSecret, undetected movement
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- shadowyObscured by darkness
secret · infiltration · sleeper cell · deep cover · intelligence · espionage · surveillance · reconnaissance · off-the-books · deniable
operation
Process of working
extraction · ambush · coordinated · precision · strike team · assault · raid · surveillance · reconnaissance · planning
- SquadsSWAT team
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- raidersraiders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers, looters
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- armed groupsmilitia, guerrillas, insurgents, paramilitary, militias
- mass killingmass murder, massacre, slaughter, carnage, bloodshed
hit squadbodyguards
Personal protection agents
security detail · protection detail · security team · personal security · Secret Service
hit squadpeacekeeping force
Troops maintaining ceasefire compliance
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