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hatchet man definition

☆ hatchet man

  1. a person hired to commit murder
  2. any person assigned by another to carry out disagreeable or unscrupulous tasks
  3. a malicious or harsh writer or critic, as one who attempts to destroy a reputation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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