Hit List (Noun)
Meaning
A list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The detective's job was to figure out who had drawn up the hit_list that had already claimed the lives of three people.
- His name was at the top of the hit_list and he knew he had to leave the country immediately.
- According to the leaked documents, several government officials were on the hit_list of the rebel group.
- After testifying against the crime boss, she knew she was a likely addition to his hit_list.
- When the journalist began to investigate the organized crime ring, she discovered that her own name was on their hit_list.