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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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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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The stronger you get, the bigger you get -- which leads to your agent being able to pick up a garbage truck and throw it at a small hit squad.

GET CRACKING FOR SOME MINDLESS FUN by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

It is not so startling that the Mossad spymaster who puts together the hit squad is written and acted (by Geoffrey Rush at his slimy best) as a sinister sort, but what kind of team does this espionage maestro assemble?

Making History: MUNICH' & 'SOPHIE SCHOLL: THE FINAL DAYS' by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal

The Order, which appears to be the Catholic Church's Hit Squad, wants Ein dead; and his brother, Leroux, wants Ein to join in the war against them.

Steinbach, Hans. A Midnight Opera by Galuschak, George / Kliatt

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