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a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassins
Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
Consider Bobbi, one of the assassins sent north to find Armando.
—Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Abova plays Miss All-Sunday, one of the several assassins of the Baroque Works organization.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
Soon, Cooper, Jordan and their reluctant new associates, Byron’s assassins Antonio (Anthony Ramos) and Jeremy (Jeremy Pope), find themselves in the crosshairs of a brewing war within the Forst family.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
And those master assassins would turn out to be a pair of undercover feds.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
After diplomatic negotiations, the Iranian state called off its assassins in 1998.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
One week later, on May 15, assassins forced Valdez, 50, from his car at midday and shot him at least a dozen times in downtown Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.
—Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Based on the novel by Stephen King, The Running Man is a dystopian sci-fi movie about a reality TV show where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
Consider Bobbi, one of the assassins sent north to find Armando.
—Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Abova plays Miss All-Sunday, one of the several assassins of the Baroque Works organization.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
Soon, Cooper, Jordan and their reluctant new associates, Byron’s assassins Antonio (Anthony Ramos) and Jeremy (Jeremy Pope), find themselves in the crosshairs of a brewing war within the Forst family.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
And those master assassins would turn out to be a pair of undercover feds.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
After diplomatic negotiations, the Iranian state called off its assassins in 1998.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
One week later, on May 15, assassins forced Valdez, 50, from his car at midday and shot him at least a dozen times in downtown Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.
—Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Based on the novel by Stephen King, The Running Man is a dystopian sci-fi movie about a reality TV show where contestants, known as Runners, must survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassins
Noun
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Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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To have these books is such a gift, because Patricia writes a fascinating crime story — great clue trail, great murderers.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The film will chart the pursuit and capture of one of America’s most ruthless mobsters and serial killers by notorious DEA Agent Jim Hunt (who also helped take down El Chapo) played by Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird).—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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The father of a man killed in a shooting at a Queens bar earlier this week is mourning the loss of his youngest child, while also expressing empathy for his killers.—
Doug Williams,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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