What is a hit list

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhit listˈhit list noun [countable] informalBADPLAN the names of people, organizations etc that a person or group plans to harmon somebody’s hit list He was on a terrorist’s hit list.hit list of The company drew up a hit list of shops it expects to close.Examples from the Corpushit list• Some banks also have a hit list of people whom they threaten to sue for damages.• Allied-Lyons was also said to be on the Goldsmith hit list.• Detective Bobby Caruso was at the top of his hit list.• This afternoon that put them on environment minister Michael Howard's hit list.• Slow play is at the head of this particular magazine's hit list, and quite rightly so.• This will narrow your choice to a smaller hit list of suitable shoes.on somebody’s hit list• Allied-Lyons was also said to be on the Goldsmith hit list.• If Coleman was next on the hit list, they would in any case be safer travelling on their own.From Longman Business Dictionaryhit listˈhit list informal a list of organizations, people etc against which someone is planning to take actionMost companies, even small ones, have middle managers on their hit lists.Alcohol and tobacco are at the top of the tax hit list. → list

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n. Slang

1. A list of potential murder victims.

2. A list designating a target, as for attack, coercion, or elimination: "had a hit list of executives he wanted fired" (New York).

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

1. a list of people to be murdered: a terrorist hit list.

2. a list of targets to be eliminated in some way: a hit list of pits to be closed.

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

n.
Informal.

1. a list of people singled out as targets for murder.

2. a list of people, programs, etc., to be opposed.

Noun

hit list - a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder)

list, listing - a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

n to be on a hit list → essere un bersaglio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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: a list of people, organizations, etc., that a person or group plans to oppose or eliminate

Excess spending is at the top of the governor's hit list. [=it is the first thing the governor plans to eliminate]

A list of potential murder victims.

A list designating a target, as for attack, coercion, or elimination.

(informal) A list of those persons, groups, programs, etc. that are to be opposed or done away with.

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Hit list or The Hit List may refer to:

A list of would-be victims in contract killing
Record chart, a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time

Hit List (1989 film), starring Jan-Michael Vincent — hitmen kill and kidnap the wrong people
The Hit List (2011 film), featuring Cuba Gooding, Jr.
The Hit List (2012 film), featuring Bala, an action film
Hit List (TV series), a Canadian television series which aired music videos
The Hit List (game show), a British game show hosted by Marvin and Rochelle Humes
The Hit List TV, an Australian music show

Hit List (musical), a 2013 musical based on a fictional musical in the television series Smash
The Hit List (Joan Jett album)
The Hit List (Saafir album)
The Hit List (Unwritten Law album)
The Hit List (Cliff Richard album), a 1994 compilation album by Cliff Richard

Hit List, a 2000 novel by Lawrence Block

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