English-Dutch translations for hatchet man

Definition of hatchet man

• A professional killer or gunman
• Someone who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees

Examples

• The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify.
• After the layoffs, he gained a reputation as a hatchet man and ended up eating lunches alone.

Related words

• hatchet
• hatchettine
• hatchettite
• hatchet; cleaver
• Hatchet Cactus
• bury the hatchet
• take up the hatchet
• to dig up the hatchet
• dig upp the hatchet