Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important. [1][2] It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, …

The meaning of ASSASSIN is a person who commits murder; especially : one who murders a politically important person either for money or from fanatical adherence to a cause.

ASSASSIN definition: 1. someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for…. Learn more.

Assassin definition: a murderer, especially one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons.. See examples of ASSASSIN used in a sentence.

A notable recent example is the Assassin’s Creed video game series, which features an order of stealthy hyperathletic killers who scale walls and jump between rooftops to hunt down their …

An assassin is a person who assassinates someone. He saw the shooting and memorized the number of the assassin's car.

a person who murders somebody important or famous, for money or for political reasons. He was killed by a hired assassin. They hired a professional assassin to do the job for them. Definition …

1. a murderer, esp. one who kills a politically prominent person for fanatical or monetary reasons. 2. (cap.) one of an order of Muslim fanatics, active in Persia and Syria c1090–1272, whose …

2025年8月28日 · assassin (third-person singular simple present assassins, present participle assassining, simple past and past participle assassined) (nonstandard) To assassinate.

assassin, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary