
1) Blackwash 2) Calumny 3) Character assassination 4) Defamation 5) Hatchet job 6) Killing 7) Obloquy 8) Traducement
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1) Blackwash 2) Murder
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Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons. An assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives; it is an act that may be done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or bec...
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• (n.) The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
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(from the article `Benin`) On March 15, 2007, the motorcade of Pres. Thomas Yayi Boni was attacked by armed gunmen as it passed near the town of Parakou in central Benin. ... ...Pérez`s PP won just 30 seats, and the ruling government`s Grand National Alliance (GANA) captured 37. Violence marked the long campaign; more than ... ...
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Murder, usually of a political, royal, or public person. The term derives from the order of the
Assassins, a Muslim sect that, in the 11th and 12th centuries, murdered officials to further its...
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when someone important is killed, often for political reasons
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As·sas`si·na'tion noun The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
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Assassination is a thriller starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland in a story about someone close to the President ordering the First Lady killed.
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murder of a public or political figure by a surprise attack.
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[
n] - murder of a public figure by surprise attack
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noun murder of a public figure by surprise attack
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Murder, usually of a political, royal, or public person. The term derives from the order of the Assassins, a Muslim sect that, in the 11th and 12th centuries, murdered officials to further its political ends
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murder of a public figure by surprise attack
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