assassin
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Britannica Dictionary definition of ASSASSIN
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a person who kills someone (such as a famous or important person) usually for political reasons or for money
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a person who assassinates someone
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He's a hired assassin. [=someone hired to kill someone]
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the President's would-be assassin [=the person who tried to kill the President]
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John Wilkes Booth was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
