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English
Etymology
From Spanish sicario.
Noun
sicario (plural sicarios)
- hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels)
1992, Tina Rosenberg, Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America, page 34:The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sīcārius (“murderer, assassin”), derived from sīca (“poniard, curved dagger”). By surface analysis, sica (“curved dagger”) + -ario (“-ary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈka.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: si‧cà‧rio
Noun
sicario m (plural sicari)
- hitman (hired killer)
- Synonyms: assassino, killer, accoltellatore
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Latin
Noun
sīcāriō
- dative/ablative singular of sīcārius
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sīcārius (“murderer, assassin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈkaɾjo/
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: si‧ca‧rio
Noun
sicario m (plural sicarios, feminine sicaria, feminine plural sicarias)
- hitman (hired killer)
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