The phrase "a professional hitman" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing crime, law enforcement, or fictional narratives involving assassins or contract killers.
Example: "The detective was on the trail of a professional hitman who had been hired to eliminate key witnesses."
Alternatives: "contract killer" or "paid assassin".
Moldovan police say Proca was a professional hitman, employed by eastern European gangs to eliminate rivals.
Terrorism fantasies were sort of subsidiary but my main interest in being a professional hitman had taken over".
Ralph (Branagh), a professional hitman, and Brian (Brydon), a suicidal photographer, find themselves occupying adjoining hotel rooms.
In desperation, they approach a criminal nicknamed "Motherfucker" (Jamie Foxx), who the trio believe to be a professional hitman.
What if the OAS hired a professional hitman, who was able to penetrate the rings of security around De Gaulle?
Local police said the murder was the mark of a professional hitman and that it was likely Prajob's activism had made him a target, the Bangkok Post reported.
According to James Jude Courtney, the guy who plays Myers in the upcoming Halloween film, he learned how to get into character as a crazed murderer from a professional as in, an actual, professional hitman.
Kevin C. Donovan, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI, state of Alaska, advises that Alaskans may be targeted for an ongoing e-mail-based scheme that threatens death to the recipient by an unknown professional hitman.
It's really a love story, he said, which begins when Letty meets the man with the gun, professional hitman Javier Juan Diego Bottoo) (above).
The killer tracks the Joker to his hideout — an abandoned world's fair amusement park — and removes its ominous costume: the killer is Andrea, intent on avenging her father's death at the hands of the Joker, who is revealed to be the last surviving member and professional hitman of the Valestra mob.
The use of such an old gun – widely available locally but not a weapon of choice for professional hitmen or secret agents – is one of the great remaining mysteries of the investigation.
