cutthroats

noun

plural of cutthroat
as in murderers
a person who kills another person while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves

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Recent Examples of cutthroats Fly-fishers will find an extensive stretch of Gold Medal Water (a designation for quality and trout density) in Colorado, with access to browns, brookies, cutthroats, and rainbow trout. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026 Whitesitt caught his state-record cutty there in mid-April, around the same time cutthroats in the northern Rockies are spawning in tributary streams. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2026
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  1. murderers
  2. assassins
  3. killers
Noun
  • Widow’s Bay Sorry, but that murderers’ row of unpretentious acting talent isn’t going to be topped.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • All those players are expected to be back in attempt to win an AL West that was hardly a murderers’ row in 2026.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of murderers
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  • But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Separately in the episode, River (Jack Lowden) and Sid (Olivia Cooke) are on the run from a pair of assassins, while the rest of the team circles the wagons en route to a safe house.
    — Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of assassins
Noun
  • Plenty of killers have been unmasked over the years, and the bodies have piled up in increasingly inventive ways.
    — Scott Shilstone, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rita, whose parents were renowned as peacemakers, forgave her husband's killers.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of killers

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