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заказчик убийства A contract killing. It takes at least three: the victim, the killer and (???). What do you call the one who pays for the killing to be done? The customer? One more question on the same subject: what verb do you use to describe the following act: Mr. A: Here is ten grand, Mr B. I want Mr. Smith dead by tomorrow. Mr. B. OK, he is as good as dead. What has Mr A just done? – I would call him the contractor. He has contracted the killer. – The person who hires a killer is technically commiting the crime of solicitation of murder, the one who's putting a hit out on the victim. The guy who carries out the contract killing is also known as the hit man, or a hit squad if it's a group who's hired to do the killing. – If we don't know the contractor for the active voice, we can say "There is a contract out on Smith." It's possible for it to be "known on the street" that "someone" has "put out a contract" on Smith, but not who that person's name. For most people, it would be better not to know. – In general, the person who performs the service is the contractor. A hired killer is sometimes called a "contract killer". The one who pays the contractor is the "employer" in more general usage, or (from the contractor's point of view) the client. In this specific situation, I guess we have the victim, the contract killer, and... hmm. I see your problem. I can't think of any one-word answer. The one who put out the contract, I guess. For complete clarity, I would say "the person who ordered the hit" or "the person who put out the contract". | |
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