noun Date: 1880 one hired for murder, coercion, or attack, 2. a writer specializing in invective, a person hired to perform underhanded or unscrupulous tasks (as ruin reputations)
HATCHET MAN
Meaning of HATCHET MAN in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012