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gunman
has definitions from the fields of law,criminal law,arms
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law,arms) a professional killer who uses a gun
Used in print (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)It was an interesting fraternisation of ex convicts , union racketeers , ward_heelers , sold-out officials , and gunmen . Upon which the detective bureau despatched rifle squads to prevent trouble if O_'_Banion should send his gunmen out to deal with the hijacking policemen . When , as a diplomatic gesture of amity and in payment for the loan of gunmen in the April election , Torrio had given O_'_Banion a slice of Cicero , the profits from that district had been $ 20000 a month . |
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