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trigger man

German translation: der Schütze

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English term or phrase:trigger man
German translation:der Schütze
Entered by: Friedrich Reinold

00:25 Jan 21, 2007
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Law/Patents - Military / Defense / as in gun trigger
English term or phrase: trigger man
There is a term in America for the criminal involved in a gang or group crime that is the one who fired a gun in the commission of a crime: the Trigger Man.
Peter Keith
Profikiller
Explanation:
Oder einfach "Killer", als Vorschlag.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-01-21 09:15:30 GMT)
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Based on your explanation in your second question for "trigger man" (see there), I'd rather say "Todesschütze".
"Profikiller" is more generally a professional assassin, but not specifically the one who pulled the trigger in a gang shoot-out.
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Friedrich Reinold
United States
Local time: 06:33
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Profikiller
Friedrich Reinold
3 +1assassin, hit man
Cilian O'Tuama
4Der Schütze
Ralf Hellmold (X)
2 +1der Schiesser
Jonathan MacKerron


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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trigger (as in gun trigger ) man
assassin, hit man


Explanation:
perhaps

hit man : a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate

Merriam-Webster

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-21 01:40:58 GMT)
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sorry, I thought this was English monolingual

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 15:33
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Peadar Ceiteach
11 days
  -> Thanks Peadar, but you're not supposed to peer-grade answers to your own question. No worries.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
trigger (as in gun trigger ) man
Profikiller


Explanation:
Oder einfach "Killer", als Vorschlag.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-01-21 09:15:30 GMT)
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Based on your explanation in your second question for "trigger man" (see there), I'd rather say "Todesschütze".
"Profikiller" is more generally a professional assassin, but not specifically the one who pulled the trigger in a gang shoot-out.

Friedrich Reinold
United States
Local time: 06:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Harry Bornemann
7 hrs
agree  traintrans (X)
9 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trigger (as in gun trigger ) man
der Schiesser


Explanation:
Webster writes it as one word "triggerman". IMHO the underlying meaning here is "der, der immer bereit ist zu schiessen"

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-01-21 09:16:19 GMT)
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but in the context of a gang, otherwise it would be "trigger-happy"

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English

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agree  Peadar Ceiteach
11 days
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Der Schütze


Explanation:
In deutschen Kriminalbeschreibungen ist der, der geschossen HAT einfach nur der Schütze.

Ralf Hellmold (X)
Local time: 15:33
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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