a team of hit men, as one organized for the purpose of assassinating a political figure
2.
a group of political terrorists
Word origin
[1975–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: family therapy, gravitational lens, gridlock, hybridoma, retrovirus
Examples of 'hit squad' in a sentence
hit squad
Each of these elected bodies has to be run by an army of civil servants, who need a team of hit squads to enforce their whims.
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The two-man hit squad sped away after firing about 20 rounds.
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And the hit squad would be armed.
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For a professional hit squad, it was absurdly easy.
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A mobile 'hit squad' will move into areas where cheating is widespread.
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The hit squad was unaware that a police escort car was following their victim, and fled when officers pulled up and returned fire.
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The timestamps tallied with the periods that the alleged hit squad is reported to have been at those locations.