Executioner and Hitman

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Executioner noun - An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.

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Hitman and executioner are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hitman" instead a noun "Executioner".

Nearby Words: execution, executor

Hitman noun - A professional killer who uses a gun.

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Executioner and hitman are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Executioner" instead a noun "Hitman".

In the film Sicario (which itself is a case of this trope, being a slang term for hitman), Big Bad Fausto Alarcon is nicknamed "El Verdugo", which stands for The Executioner.

Source: Names To Run Away From / Foreign Language Names
Contract on the Hitman: Preston is a highly-trained police officer/executioner for the Fascist theocratic government of Libria.

Source: Film / Equilibrium
The story "And The Executioner Wore Stiletto Heels" features Two-Tone, a pair of brothers (one white, one black) who essentially form a single, two-headed mob hitman.

Source: Conjoined Twins

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