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CONTRACT KILLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contract killing mean?
• CONTRACT KILLING (noun)
The noun CONTRACT KILLING has 1 sense:
1. a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
Familiarity information: CONTRACT KILLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("contract killing" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
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