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sicaire

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin sicārius, derived from sica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /si.kɛʁ/
  • Audio (Lyon):(file)

Noun

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sicaire m (plural sicaires)

  1. (literary) hitman (someone hired to kill)
    Synonym: tueur à gages
    • 1851, Jules Sandeau, Sacs et parchemins[1], page 223:
      Je suis proscrit, traqué par les sicaires de la réaction ; me refuserez-vous un asile ?
      I'm an outlaw, hunted by the reactionaries' hitmen; will you refuse me asylum?
    • 1939, René Grousset, L'épopée des croisades:
      Le 28 avril 1192 [] dans les ruelles étroites du vieux Tyr, il fut rejoint par deux sicaires [] Ils lui tendirent un placet qu’il accueillit sans méfiance. Tandis qu’il le lisait, l’un d’eux lui plongea un poignard dans le flanc.
      On 28 April 1192, [] in the narrow alleys of old Tyre, he was met by two hired assassins [] They handed him a petition which he took unsuspectingly. While he was reading it, one of them plunged a dagger into his side.

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