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triggerman

[ trig-er-muhn, -man ]

noun

Informal.
plural triggermen
  1. a gangster who specializes in gunning people down.
  2. a bodyguard, especially of a gangster.


triggerman

/ ˈ³Ù°ùɪɡəˌ³¾Ã¦²Ô /

noun

  1. a person, esp a criminal, who shoots another person
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of triggerman1

First recorded in 1920–25; trigger + man
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So, instead of retiring her asset with a long-range sniper, Reed arranges for Helen’s old pal Sam, once their industry’s top “triggerman,†to return to London to assist her.

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Jones disputed that he was the triggerman that night, and he denied that he intended throughout the abduction to kill Haro.

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In both cases, the admitted triggerman was a barely literate welder Leasure had met at a gun show.

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Alvarenga Cortez was alleged to be the triggerman in the killing, with prosecutors saying he used a handgun.

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He was arrested after triggerman Henry Arthur Tenon, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, court records show.

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