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Assassination - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Assassination : (noun)
1: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character
assassination, blackwash]
2: murder of a public figure by surprise attack
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Assassination : \As*sas`si*na"tion\, n.
The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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ASSASSINATION, crim. law. A murder committed by an assassin. By
Assassination : is understood a murder committed for hire in money, without
any provocation or cause of resentment given by the person against whom the
crime is directed. Ersk. Inst. B. 4, t. 4, n. 45.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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