assassination

Etymology

assassinate + -ion

noun

  1. The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
    The assassination of the king occurred at night.
    Liu's agents pursued him and he escaped assassination only by throwing his clothing away by the Chʻien-tʻang River near Hangchow, thus suggesting suicide. 1963, “Introduction”, in Wing-tsit Chan, transl., Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings by Wang Yang-ming, Columbia University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxiv

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