An Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure.
Assassinations may be prompted by ideological, political, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by financial gain, revenge, personal public recognition, or mental illness.
Assassination (or targeted killing) may refer to the government-sanctioned killing of opponents or to targeted attacks on high-profile enemy combatants.
In figurative language usage, the word "...
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An Assassination is the targeted killing of a public figure.
Assassinations may be prompted by ideological, political, or military reasons. Additionally, assassins may be motivated by financial gain, revenge, personal public recognition, or mental illness.
Assassination (or targeted killing) may refer to the government-sanctioned killing of opponents or to targeted attacks on high-profile enemy combatants.
In figurative language usage, the word "assassination" may also be used in colloquial speech as a hyperbole, as in the phrase "character assassination", meaning an attempt to impugn another's character, and thus kill ("assassinate") his reputation and credibility.
The term 'Assassin' derives from the Arabic word Hashshashin (Arabic: حشاشون \ جماعة الحشاشين), literally "takers of hashish", more commonly called The Order of the Assassins. Their actual name is Nizari. They were active in the costal mountains of the Levant, then moved to Alamut by the Caspian Sea from the eighth to the...
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