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Meanings of assassin in English

Russian
ассасин
Spanish
magnicida
Catalan
magnicida
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ассасин
Portuguese
sicário
Catalan
sicari

A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed.

sicário
Usage of assassin in English
1
The assassin and getaway driver remain at-large, according to law enforcement officials.
Reuters
2
It doesn't matter if President Abraham Lincoln's assassin actually uttered these words.
The Irish Times
3
The mother trembled; the name of the assassin flashed through her mind.
Mother
4
The assassin prowled the bedroom level of the house, exploring every room.
Pathfinder
5
I know too that you've not the heart of a common assassin.
Blood Meridian
6
That didn't rule out any number of other flavors of assassin, though.
Death masks
7
And was a second assassin lurking in the marshes, waiting to attack?
Bundori
8
On the following day the assassin was captured in a neighboring village.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
9
Hadn't the duke given her enough bloodbane to seriously impair the assassin?
Throne of Glass
10
Stratton could hear the assassin opening side doors and searching other storerooms.
Arrival (Stories of Your Life and Others)
11
The great sin of the father has made the son an assassin.
The Lerouge Case
12
You have asked me if I know the name of the assassin.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
13
A terrible apathy made him indifferent to the knife of the assassin.
Diane of the Green Van
14
His retributive death was by the hand of an assassin in 1488.
The Tragedies of the Medici
15
The exact sum found on the assassin's body, at the designated time.
Bundori
16
It was clear the little Fenring assassin meant to dispatch her quickly.
Paul of dune
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Assassin through the time
Assassin across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common