Sicario • Fully Tested

: In contemporary Spanish, a sicario is defined as a hired gunman or assassin, particularly within the context of Latin American drug cartels.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Taylor Sheridan, the film is a crime thriller that focuses on the escalating violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Sicario

: The term derives from the Sicarii , a Jewish extremist group in 1st-century Judea who used sicae (small daggers) to carry out political assassinations against Roman occupiers and their collaborators. 2. The Sicario Film (2015) : In contemporary Spanish, a sicario is defined