Reverse Dictionary: ASSASSIN

NOUNS
► HIT LIST a list of persons to be murdered or assassinated → 1976 Amer. sl.
► HIT SQUAD a group of underworld assassins or political terrorists → 1969 Amer. sl., esp. journalism usage
► RUB-OUT an assassination in gang warfare → 1927 sl., orig. US
► WIPE-OUT an assassination in gang warfare → 1968 sl., orig. US
► ZOTZ an assassination; a planned murder → 1988 US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
► ASSASSINATE an assassin → 1814 Sc.
► CUTTHROAT an assassin or murderer by profession; a ruffian who murders or does deeds of violence → 1535 
► HACKSTER an assassin; a violent criminal, esp. one who fights with a sword or knife; a murderer; a thug → 1574 
► HASSASSIN an assassin → 1826 
► HATCHET MAN a hired Chinese assassin or thug, esp., in earlier use, one carrying a hatchet or cleaver with a shortened handle → 1876 
► HEADHUNTER a hired assassin; a paid killer → 1982 US sl.
► HIGHBINDER an assassin or an extortioner; one of a secret society or gang said to exist among the Chinese in California and other parts of the United States for the purpose of blackmailing and even of assassination → 1875 hist. usage
► HIRED GUN a paid assassin; a person hired to destroy the opposition, or some unwelcome party, on behalf of another → 1994 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► HITMAN a paid assassin → 1954 sl., orig. US
► HITTER a hired assassin; a man hired to kill someone; a hit man → 1969 sl.
► MURTHER an assassin; a murderer → 1000 obs. exc. Sc.
► SICARIAN an assassin → 1400 
► SWORDER an assassin, a cut-throat; a person who kills another with a sword → 1594 
► THROAT-CUTTER a cutthroat, an assassin → 1535 chiefly Sc.
► WALKAWAY in an assassination: the shooter’s companion who is handed the gun after the killing and immediately leaves the scene → 1968 criminals’ sl.
► WIPER an assassin; a gunman; a hired killer; an assassin → 1930 Amer. criminals’ sl.

PHRASES
► ONE-EIGHT-SEVEN targeted for assassination → 1990 US prison sl.

VERBS
► CANCEL SOMEONE’S TICKET to assassinate; to murder → 1960 sl.
► CONTRUCIDATE to assassinate; to wound, murder, or kill → 1656 obs.
► DISMISS WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE ► TERMINATE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE to assassinate someone → 1972 US espionage sl.
► DRY GULCH to kill, to ambush, to assassinate → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► SASSINATE to assassinate, to murder → 1656 
► TAKE FOR A TRIP ► TAKE FOR AN AIRING ► TAKE FOR A RIDE to assassinate, usually by taking the victim out in a car and killing them at some stage, then dumping the body far from one’s base  → 1920 US criminals’ sl.