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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.   Slang
  1. A list of potential murder victims.

  2. A list designating a target, as for attack, coercion, or elimination: "had a hit list of executives he wanted fired" (New York).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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hit list

  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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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