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Meanings of professional killer in English

Someone who may be hired to kill another person for money.

Usage of professional killer in English
1
Pel was a former mercenary, a professional killer with a murky past.
Ascension
2
The engineer, Amos, watched with the calm reserve of a professional killer.
Caliban's War
3
She is not a professional killer, which makes her even more unpredictable.
Grand junction
4
He had no intention of giving the professional killer any opening.
Don't blink
5
One, I'm waiting for a professional killer who wants me dead.
Exit strategy
6
I heard a rumor he might be a professional killer.
Exit strategy
7
Double-tapping the target like that is a professional killer's policy.
Turn coat
8
Hull was a gifted amateur, a dilettante murderer; Jones was a seasoned professional killer.
Immortality Inc.
9
He was always homicidal anyway, and they promised to turn him into a professional killer.
Mortal Allies
10
Phan was a professional killer, and therefore received the news with aplomb, but Dyson was frightened.
Logos Run
11
But the window had offered little real protection from a professional killer using a high-powered sniper's rifle.
A Raging Storm
12
From what little Quinn knew about her, Catherine O'Rourke did not strike him as a professional killer.
By reason of insanity
13
What was he, a professional killer?
Hard eight
14
He was a professional killer.
One night stands & lost weekends
15
He's a professional killer now in his sixties, rumored to be ill, but still possessed with a terrible hatred.
The bourne ultimatum
16
Then she was on her feet, a professional killer in a sleek black dress, and she ran to Wilhelm's side.
The Wolf’s Hour
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