murder for hire
Paid assassination arrangement
Murder for hire is the crime of paying someone to kill another person, or of accepting payment to do so.
The term covers both soliciting a killing and carrying it out for money: He was convicted of murder for hire after arranging his business partner's death.
Contract killing and hired assassination are related concepts.
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- contract killerPaid professional murderer
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- hit listTargets for elimination
target · bounty · wetwork · blood money · enforcer · syndicate · cash · anonymous · silencer · untraceable · plausible deniability · disposable · professional · cold-blooded · elimination · client · payment · underworld
- killingshomicide, manslaughter, killing, assassination, voluntary manslaughter
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- federal crimesbank robbery, kidnapping, counterfeiting, tax fraud, wire fraud
- racketeeringracketeering, protection racket, loan sharking, extortion, numbers racket
- inchoate crimesattempt, conspiracy, solicitation, incitement, criminal conspiracy
murder for hirecrime of passion
Impulsive violent act from emotion
manslaughter · accidental killing · involuntary manslaughter
murder for hirecapital punishment
Execution by legal authority
self-defense killing · justifiable homicide · euthanasia · assisted suicide · mercy killing
murder for hirelifesaving
Preserving human existence
emergency medical services · private security · witness protection · hostage rescue · medical intervention
murder, hire, murders, murdered, murderer, murderers, murdering, murderous, murderously