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noun. /əˈsæsɪn/ /əˈsæsn/ a person who murders somebody important or famous, for money or for political reasons. a hired/professional assassin. He was killed by a hired assassin. They hired a professional assassin to do the job for them. Topics War and conflict c1, Crime and punishment c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
v. t. e. Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important. [1] [2] It may be prompted by grievances, notoriety, financial, military, political or other motives.
Britannica Dictionary definition of ASSASSIN. [count] : a person who kills someone (such as a famous or important person) usually for political reasons or for money : a person who assassinates someone. He's a hired assassin. [=someone hired to kill someone]
4 days ago · assassination, the murder of a public figure. The term typically refers to the killing of government leaders and other prominent persons for political purposes—such as to seize power, to start a revolution, to draw attention to a cause, to exact revenge, or to undermine a regime or its critics.
noun [ C ] uk / əˈsæsɪn / us. Add to word list. a person who kills someone important or famous, often for money. (Definition of assassin from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of assassin. in Chinese (Traditional) （通常為政治目的或錢殺死名人或重要人物的）暗殺者，行刺者，刺客… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
Assassin's Creed is a historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil and its more advanced derivatives.
An assassin is someone who murders an important political or religious leader. Brutus is one of the most infamous assassins in history. He murdered Julius Caesar, who ruled Rome in the first century B.C. The word assassin, pronounced "uh-SASS-in," describes a person who murders a prominent person, like a political or religious leader.
