Hitman
Villain
Villain noun - A mean, evil, or unprincipled person.
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Synonyms for Villain
Hitman and villain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hitman" instead a noun "Villain".
Nearby Words: villainous, villainy
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Villain Ball: In Last Stand of the Dead Men, a hitman is sent after Finbar Wrong, and Finbar has a vision of the hitman immediately coming in and murdering him and his wife.
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This is what gave John Woo's The Killer its Shoot the Shaggy Dog ending, though it was the hero rather than the villain who went through his redemption, as the victim was the hitman protagonist.
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X-Men villain Arcade is a hitman who disposes of victims by dropping them into ridiculously elaborate, carnival themed deathtraps he calls Murderworlds.
Source: Cut Lex Luthor a Check
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