contract killing

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   a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer

   Broadermurder

Questions about contract killing

What does contract killing mean?

contract killing means "a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer".

Is contract killing a common word?

contract killing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.