Assassins

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008752
- info:lc/authorities/sh85008752
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85008752#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Hatchet men (Assassins)
- Hit men
- Hitmen
- Triggermen
Broader Terms
- Murderers
Narrower Terms
- Death squads
- Female assassins
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb13319295j
Sources
- found: Buddy buddy [VR] 1981: container (hit man)
- found: Thesaurus.com WWW site, Sept. 17, 2008 (assassin; synonyms: executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hit man, murderer, slayer, triggerman)
- found: Wikipedia, Sept. 17, 2008 (hitman: a hitman usually is an assassin who is hired to assassinate a target via contract killing)
- found: The American heritage dict. of the English lang. WWW site, Sept. 17, 2008 (hit man; n slang: a hatchet man)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2008-12-02: revised

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