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sicario

Syllables: si·ca·ri·oUK/sɪˈkɑːɹi.əʊ/US/sɪˈkɑːɹi.oʊ/

sicario noun: hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels).

Noun

sicario (plural sicarios)

  1. hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels)
    • The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.1992, Tina Rosenberg, Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America, page 34

Forms of sicario

pluralsicarios

Origin of sicario

Borrowed from Spanish sicario.

Questions about sicario

What does sicario mean?
Sicario means hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels).
What part of speech is sicario?
Sicario is a noun.
How do you pronounce sicario?
Sicario is pronounced /sɪˈkɑːɹi.əʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of sicario?
The plural of sicario is sicarios.

Words near sicario in the dictionary

  1. Sicards
  2. sicaria
  3. Sicarii
  4. sicariid
  5. sicariids
  6. sicario
  7. sicarios
  8. Sicarius
  9. Sicas
  10. sicc
  11. sicca

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