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Discover LudwigThe phrase "contract killing" is correct and usable in written English.
It is a term to describe a murder that has been agreed upon between two or more parties, usually for a fee. For example: The police have reason to believe that the victim in this case was a victim of a contract killing, paid for by a mysterious benefactor.
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Police labelled the murder a contract killing.
Investigators said the murder appeared to be a contract killing.
Rudolph said: "This isn't a reference to a contract killing.
A pistol was left by her side the blatant hallmark of a contract killing.
Her death in October 2006 was said to bear the hallmarks of a contract killing.
Eight years on, investigators have yet to identify the person who ordered the apparent contract killing.
Vincent and another man have since been convicted of another unconnected contract killing.
Her colleagues and the authorities have said she was murdered in a contract killing.
But he was also listed as the target of a contract killing planned by one of the other defendants.
Though no one has yet been charged with the murders, government prosecutors believe it was a contract killing.
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That's because Boris has long been one of the main suspects for masterminding the contract-killing of my old friend and colleague.
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