📖 Definitions of "Hatchet man"
noun
- 1
A professional killer or gunman.
"The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify."
- 2
Someone who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.
"After the layoffs, he gained a reputation as a hatchet man and ended up eating lunches alone."
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