Mercenary is an adjective meaning "motivated by private gain". It is also a noun: a mercenary is a person primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics, most often used to refer to a soldier who fights for hire.

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Mercenary or mercenaries may also refer to:

• The Mercenaries, also known as Dark of the Sun, a 1968 film starring Rod Taylor
• The Mercenary (film), a 1968 spaghetti western film
• Mercenary (1996 film), a 1996 movie featuring Robert Pine
• Mercenary (2008 film), a 2008 short film starring Billy Lush
• Mercenaries (2011 film), a 2011 British film
• Mercenaries (2014 film), an American action film
• Mercenary (2016 film), a 2016 French film
• The Mercenary, a 2019 American film starring Dominique Vandenberg
• "The Mercenaries" (Mission: Impossible), a 1968 episode from Season 3 of Mission: Impossible

• Mercenary (board game), a board game about conquest set in medieval Europe published by Fantasy Games Unlimited in 1975
• Mercenary (video game), a 1985 computer game by Novagen Software Ltd.
  • Mercenary III, a 1992 sequel
• Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, a 2005 Xbox and PlayStation 2 video game
  • Mercenaries (series)
  • Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, a 2008 sequel to Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction
  • Mercs Inc, a cancelled sequel to Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
• MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, a 1996 computer game by Activision
  • MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, a 2002 computer game by Cyberlore Studios and FASA Studio
• Traveller Book 4: Mercenary, a rulebook of the Traveller role-playing game series

• El Mercenario (English: The Mercenary), a 1980–2003 graphic novel by Vicente Segrelles
• The Mercenaries, a 1998 novel by Ed Greenwood

• Mercenary (band), a heavy metal band from Denmark
• Mercenary (album), a 1998 album by the band Bolt Thrower
• "Mercenary", a song by Brave Saint Saturn from the 2008 album Anti-Meridian
• "Mercenary", a song by The Mission from the 1990 album Grains of Sand
• "Mercenary", a song by Panic! at the Disco from the 2012 album Batman: Arkham City – The Album
• "Mercenary", a song by The Go-Go's from the 1984 album Talk Show
• "Mercenaries (Ready For War)", a song by John Cale from the 1979 album Sabotage/Live
• "The Mercenary", a song by Iron Maiden from the 2000 album Brave New World

• Mercenaries (basketball), a basketball club from Zimbabwe

• The Mercenary (disambiguation)
• Mercenary War
• Marburg Mercenaries, an American football team from Marburg, Germany

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