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triggerman definition

☆ trigger·man (trig′ər man′)

noun pl. triggermen -·men′ (-men′)

  1. a hired killer, specif., one who is a gangster
  2. that person, among those committing a crime, who shoots the victim

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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