English Dictionary

hired gun

名詞

広義 慣用表現

A person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.

日本語の意味

雇われた武装警備員、暗殺者、もしくは傭兵として、雇い主の利益を守るために暴力行為（銃撃など）を行う者。

After the deal went sour, the corporation brought in a hired gun to intimidate the smaller company.

取引がこじれた後、企業は小さな会社を威圧するために銃を持った傭兵を雇った。

意味（1）

A person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.

The hired guns, who protect diplomats, dignitaries and businesspeople, tear through the streets of the capital in convoys of armored SUVs.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) A person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.

[O]ne of Gore's senior advisers, top-tier lobbyist Peter Knight, is a hired gun for pharmaceuticals giant Schering-Plough.

hired guns （ plural ）