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hit squad

n. Slang

1. A squad or team of hired executioners, as one organized for carrying out a political assassination.

2. A group of political terrorists.

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Noun

hit squad - a team of assassins

team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

death squad - a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval)

Sparrow Unit - a hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines

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