Also called Cleaners, many hitmen today do very unexciting work. Mostly just making people's spouses (who they've paid to off them)look like they accidentally got in a car crash. Unlike in the movies, hitmen can be old, out of shape, unsophistocated, unrelated to any mobs and can also occasionally be women. Hitmen don't kill because they like it, necessarily, just because they like the money.

See cleaner. Also, they are in an off way related to bounty hunters, who are self employed persons who hunt for hitment.

A person, usually male (thus the "man" part) who kills for money. The suave, suit-wearing type romanticized by movies and video games are a rare breed these days, if not completely nonexistant (except maybe in governmental capacities.) Hired assassins are never suave, and they rarely wear suits.

Awesome game series depicting the career of 'Codename 47', the highest paid assassin in the world. Highly realistic games with many elements involved, the most obvious one being stealth. Bucketloads of weapons to choose from and heaps of missions to get through.

Hired killer who takes contracts to eliminate people, no matter who his employer is. Made into an excellent game by IO Interactive, where you play as 47, a genetically engineered hitman.

A person who kills for money. A deal is struck and the hitman is given a temporary payment then recieves the rest after the murder.

Someone who is payed to kill.

Codeword often used for reconnaissance marines.
Usually combined with numbers to make a differance between the commander (Hitman actual), squad or specific soldier (Hitman 2-4)