English > assassin: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed. |
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| Examples | - "his assassins were hunted down like animals"
- "assassinators of kings and emperors"
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| Synonyms | assassinator, bravo |
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| Category | politics, political science, government | The study of government of states and other political units |
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| Instances | Booth, John Wilkes Booth | United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865) |
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| Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald | United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy (1939-1963) |
| Broader | murderer, liquidator, manslayer | A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
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| Spanish | asesina, asesino a sueldo, asesino, assassinator, bravo, sicario |
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| Catalan | assassí a sou, assassí, assassinator, sicari |
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| Verbs | assassinate | murder |
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