凶きょう手しゅ

noun

assassin; murderer

Refers to a person who commits murder, especially a hired or political killer. A somewhat formal or literary term.

• その政せい治じ家かは凶きょう手しゅに襲おそわれた。

  The politician was attacked by an assassin.

• 事じ件けんの凶きょう手しゅはまだ捕つかまっていない。

  The murderer in the case has not been caught yet.