as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Struggling to survive in Prohibition Chicago, with the police on their tail and an Irish assassin hot on their tracks, the women resort to crime, selling bootleg liquor to the Irish mob.
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Utah taxpayers are on the hook for Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin's defense team, which has the potential to reach eight figures, criminal defense attorneys told Fox News Digital.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice will be appealing the ‘woefully insufficient’ sentence for the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
There, Pat, Willa, and an assassin follow one another across terrain that bucks and dips like a cartoon water hose.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025
Utah taxpayers are on the hook for Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin's defense team, which has the potential to reach eight figures, criminal defense attorneys told Fox News Digital.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice will be appealing the ‘woefully insufficient’ sentence for the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
There, Pat, Willa, and an assassin follow one another across terrain that bucks and dips like a cartoon water hose.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
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The film centers on a pair of detectives hunting a serial murderer in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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That’s when his son, Micah Avni, had to watch his father’s murderer go free.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Erstwhile Heisman Trophy favorite Carson Beck threw four interceptions including the killer late, and was only saved from a fifth by a roughing the passer flag.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Unlike a killer hiding in the woods, a guy who gets you in your dreams is literally impossible to hide from, and watching our plucky heroine Nancy (Heather Langenkamp) trying to resist sleep presents a new kind of awful torture.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Assassin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assassin. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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