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The phrase "a trained killer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing individuals who have received specialized training in combat or assassination.
Example: "The detective was on the trail of a notorious criminal known to be a trained killer, feared by many in the underworld."
Alternatives: "an expert assassin" or "a skilled murderer."
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She replied, "No, I'm a trained killer".
Siss! Pow! Bam!"—he karate chopped the air—"I'm a trained killer from Vietnam.
Most of the film is devoted to watching Katniss Everdeen become a trained killer and engage in combat.
It barely has any standards or values whatsoever, but it does try to abide by the rule: don't make fun of a trained killer.
It stars young Saoirse Ronan, with whom Wright worked on Atonement, as a trained killer wanted by Cate Blanchett's demure government operative.
It's hard to remember, as we bounce down a dirt track in a truck, that he is a trained killer with exceptional military capabilities.
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Fifteen years ago, when Damon had just turned 30, he signed up to make an intriguing thriller based on a Robert Ludlum novel about a mysterious trained killer suffering from amnesia and in the grip of an identity crisis.
"There's a stealth efficiency to the way an actual trained killer works," Courtney said.
"When did you grow a moustache?" barked the former trained killer from the special boat squad.
This guy seriously knew what he was doing, all scary and methodical and muscular like a trained serial killer.
Siss! Pow! Bam!" — he karate chopped the air — "I'm a trained killer from Vietnam.
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