sicario
See also: sicário
English
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, p. 34:
- 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, p. 34:
Italian
Etymology
From Latin sīcārius (“murderer, assassin”), derived from sīca (“poniard, curved dagger”). Equivalent to sica (“curved dagger”) + -ario (“-ary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈka.rjo/, [s̪iˈkäːr̺jo]
- Stress: sicàrio
- Hyphenation: si‧ca‧rio
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈkaɾjo/
Further reading
- “sicario” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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