trigger men
Paid professional shooters
Trigger men are gunmen who carry out killings, especially hired assassins working for organized crime.
The term emphasizes their role as the ones who pull the trigger rather than those who order the hit: The boss sent his trigger men to deal with the problem.
Also spelled as one word: triggermen.
- hitmanProfessional paid murderer
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- gunmanArmed violent person
- hired gunPaid outside specialist
- murderersThose who kill unlawfully
enforcer · killer · hired muscle · mercenaries · torpedoes · weapon · firearm · rubout · cement shoes · drive-by shooting · Sicilian Mafia · organized crime · gangland · contract killer · hit squad · sniper · mobster · mob boss
trigger menvictims
Those who suffer harm
targets · bodyguards · protectors · lifesavers · marks
trigger mencrime bosses
Leaders of criminal organizations
mob bosses · kingpins · godfathers · shot callers · masterminds