# Do professional, non state affiliated assassins really exist?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402 "2025-01-25T23:41:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402/42 "2025-05-31T00:41:34Z")

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> [@filmore](#):
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> You might run into the case where the hitman you hire subcontracts the hit to another hitman, who subcontracts it to another hitman, and so on, getting worse hitmen each time. Eventually someone blabs and everyone is caught:

Wow! The odd of that happening…twice…in the same thread…must be astronomical!!! (See {love} postin’ #9)

> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> Nobody has ever put a body on me. I stick with character assassinations and calling up the unholy entities that reside in the deep void of incomprehensible dimensions to take care of that kind of thing

We’re not the po-po, you don’t have to stick to your ‘story’ with us. We won’t rat you out. One, ummm, question though, just, ahhh, how much is the reward for information on the case?

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402/43 "2025-05-31T00:45:12Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> > [@LSLGuy](#):
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> > Paging **Stranger\_on\_a\_Train** 😉
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> Ya gotta @ him.  
> @Stranger_On_A_Train , we have a job for you.

I didn’t want to really page the poster. I just wanted to make the joke to @Spiderman. But thanks anyhow; he had a witty response.

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402/44 "2025-05-31T14:19:17Z")

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> [@filmore](#):
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> You might run into the case where the hitman you hire subcontracts the hit to another hitman, who subcontracts it to another hitman, and so on, getting worse hitmen each time.

You could end up in a macabre comedy like _A Fish Called Wanda_ or _The Ladykillers_ (not quite the same set-up, I know, but in the same area)

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**Author:** ![ricksummon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ricksummon/32/3333_2.png) [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402/45 "2025-06-02T20:42:42Z")

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> You might run into the case where the hitman you hire subcontracts the hit to another hitman, who subcontracts it to another hitman, and so on, getting worse hitmen each time. Eventually someone blabs and everyone is caught:

Heck, **Jango Fett** did this in _Attack of the Clones,_ which is why his assassination attempt against Padme failed.

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-professional-non-state-affiliated-assassins-really-exist/1013402/46 "2025-06-02T20:43:57Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> That’s _just_ what they want you to think.

My niece went to Japan. I asked how many ninjas she saw while there. She said, “none.” That’s how good they are!

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