English

Noun

sicario ‎(plural sicarios)

1. 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.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sīcārius ‎(“murderer, assassin”).

Noun

sicario m ‎(plural sicari)

1. hitman (hired killer)

Synonyms

• killer

Anagrams

• Acrisio, Arcisio, cariosi, rosicai

Latin

Noun

sīcāriō

1. dative singular of sīcārius
2. ablative singular of sīcārius

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sīcārius ‎(“murderer, assassin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ˈka.ɾjo/

Noun

sicario m ‎(plural sicarios, feminine sicaria)

1. hitman (hired killer)

Synonyms

• asesino a sueldo m