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Webster 1913 Edition

Assassination

As-sasˊsi-na′tion

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Noun.

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

Webster 1828 Edition

Assassination

ASSASSINA'TION

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Noun.

The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by violence.

Definition 2024

assassination

assassination

English

Noun

assassination ‎(plural assassinations)

The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
The assassination of the king occurred at night.

Related terms

See also

targeted killing

Translations

murder for political reasons or personal gain

Arabic: اِغْتِيَال m ‎(iḡtiyāl)
Armenian: մարդասպանություն ‎(mardaspanutʿyun), սպոնություն ‎(sponutʿyun)
Belarusian: зама́х m ‎(zamáx)
Bulgarian: тероризъм (bg) ‎(terorizǎm), политическо убийство ‎(političesko ubijstvo)
Catalan: assassinat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暗殺 (zh), 暗杀 (zh) ‎(ànshā), 刺殺 (zh), 刺杀 (zh) ‎(cìshā)
Czech: atentát m
Danish: attentat (da) n
Dutch: moord (nl)
Estonian: mõrvamine, palgamõrv
Finnish: salamurha (fi)
French: assassinat (fr)
Georgian: პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა ‎(ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba)
German: Ermordung (de), Attentat (de)
Greek: δολοφονία (el) ‎(dolofonía)
Hebrew: רֶצַח (he) m ‎(rétzakh) הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת (he) f ‎(hitnaqshut)
Italian: assassinio (it)
Japanese: 暗殺 (ja) ‎(あんさつ, ansatsu)
Korean: 암살 (ko) ‎(amsal) (暗殺 (ko))

Latin: (Classical Latin) caedēs per insidiās nominative, caedis per insidiās genitive; (Modern Latin) assassinātiō nominative, assassinātiōnis genitive
Macedonian: атентат m ‎(atentat)
Norman: assâsinâtion f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: attentat (no) n

Nynorsk: attentat n
Oriya: ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା ‎(guptahatya)
Persian: قتل (fa) ‎(qatl)
Polish: zamach (pl) m
Portuguese: assassinato (pt)
Russian: уби́йство (ru) n ‎(ubíjstvo), наёмное уби́йство n ‎(najómnoje ubíjstvo)
Slovak: atentat
Slovene: atentat m
Spanish: magnicidio m, asesinato (es) m
Swedish: attentat (sv)
Tagalog: paglingo
Tajik: қатл ‎(qatl)
Thai: การลอบสังหาร ‎(gaan-lôp-săng-hăan)
Turkish: suikast (tr)
Vietnamese: vụ ám sát (vi) (vụ (vi) + 暗殺)