hit list

hit list

noun Slang.
1.
a list of persons singled out as targets for murder.
2.
a list of people or programs to be acted against or disposed of.

Origin:
1970–75

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hit list
 
n
1.  a list of people to be murdered: a terrorist hit list
2.  a list of targets to be eliminated in some way: a hit list of pits to be closed

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hit list definition


  1. n.
    a list of people to whom something is going to happen. : Ralph is on my
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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