"assassination" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˌsæs.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-assassination.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-assassination.wav [US] Forms: assassinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: assassinate + -ion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|assassinate|ion}} assassinate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun}} assassination (plural assassinations)
  1. The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain. Wikipedia link: assassination Categories (topical): Crime, Death, Murder Derived forms: character assassination, royal assassination Related terms: assassin, targeted killing Translations (murder for political reasons or personal gain): اِغْتِيَال (iḡtiyāl) [masculine] (Arabic), մարդասպանություն (mardaspanutʻyun) (Armenian), սպանություն (spanutʻyun) (Armenian), зама́х (zamáx) [masculine] (Belarusian), забо́йства (zabójstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), атента́т (atentát) (Bulgarian), полити́ческо уби́йство (politíčesko ubíjstvo) (Bulgarian), уби́йство (ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), လုပ်ကြံမှု (lupkramhmu.) (Burmese), assassinat [masculine] (Catalan), 暗殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 暗杀 (ànshā) (Chinese Mandarin), 刺殺 (Chinese Mandarin), 刺杀 (cìshā) (Chinese Mandarin), atentát [masculine] (Czech), vražda [feminine] (Czech), attentat [neuter] (Danish), snigmord [neuter] (Danish), moord (Dutch), sluipmoord [feminine] (Dutch), atentaat (Estonian), salamurha (Finnish), assassinat [masculine] (French), asasinato [masculine] (Galician), პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა (ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba) (Georgian), Ermordung [feminine] (German), Attentat [neuter] (German), Meuchelmord [masculine] (German), δολοφονία (dolofonía) (Greek), רֶצַח m הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת (rétzakh) [feminine] (Hebrew), merénylet (Hungarian), assassinio [masculine] (Italian), 暗殺 (ansatsu) (alt: あんさつ) (Japanese), 암살 (amsal) (alt: 暗殺) (Korean), caedēs per insidiās [Classical-Latin] (Latin), assassinātiō [Modern-Latin] (Latin), атента́т (atentát) [masculine] (Macedonian), у́биство (úbistvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), assâsinâtion [feminine] (Norman), attentat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), snikmord [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), attentat [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), assassinat [masculine] (Occitan), ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା (guptôhôtya) (Odia), morþsliht [masculine] (Old English), قتل (qatl) (Persian), سوء قصد (su'-e qasd) (Persian), ترور (teror) (Persian), zamach [masculine] (Polish), skrytobójstwo [neuter] (Polish), morderstwo [neuter] (Polish), assassinato [masculine] (Portuguese), asasinat [neuter] (Romanian), asasinare [feminine] (Romanian), уби́йство (ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), наёмное уби́йство (najómnoje ubíjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), atentát [masculine] (Slovak), vražda [feminine] (Slovak), atentat [masculine] (Slovene), umor [masculine] (Slovene), asesinato [masculine] (Spanish), magnicidio [masculine] (Spanish), attentat (Swedish), lönnmord [neuter] (Swedish), paglingo (Tagalog), қатл (qatl) (Tajik), tamenɣiwt [feminine] (Tarifit), การลอบสังหาร (gaan-lɔ̂ɔp-sǎng-hǎan) (Thai), suikast (Turkish), уби́вство (ubývstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), за́мах (zámax) (english: attempt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "code": "de",
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          "alt": "あんさつ",
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          "roman": "ansatsu",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "暗殺"
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          "alt": "暗殺",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "amsal",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "암살"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "caedēs per insidiās"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "assassinātiō"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "word": "атента́т"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "úbistvo",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "у́биство"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "assâsinâtion"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "attentat"
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        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "snikmord"
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        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "attentat"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "assassinat"
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          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "guptôhôtya",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "morþsliht"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qatl",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "قتل"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "su'-e qasd",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "سوء قصد"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "teror",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "ترور"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zamach"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "skrytobójstwo"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "asasinat"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "asasinare"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ubíjstvo",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "уби́йство"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "najómnoje ubíjstvo",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "atentát"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vražda"
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          "word": "umor"
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          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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          "word": "magnicidio"
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          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "attentat"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lönnmord"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "paglingo"
        },
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qatl",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "қатл"
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        {
          "code": "rif",
          "lang": "Tarifit",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tamenɣiwt"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gaan-lɔ̂ɔp-sǎng-hǎan",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "การลอบสังหาร"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "word": "suikast"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ubývstvo",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "уби́вство"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "english": "attempt",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zámax",
          "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "за́мах"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lupkramhmu.",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "လုပ်ကြံမှု"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "暗殺"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "暗杀"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
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      "word": "assassinat"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ermordung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Attentat"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Meuchelmord"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dolofonía",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "δολοφονία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "rétzakh",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "רֶצַח m הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "merénylet"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assassinio"
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      "alt": "あんさつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ansatsu",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "暗殺"
    },
    {
      "alt": "暗殺",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amsal",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "암살"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "caedēs per insidiās"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "assassinātiō"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "atentát",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "атента́т"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "у́биство"
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "assâsinâtion"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "attentat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "snikmord"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "assassinat"
    },
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      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "guptôhôtya",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା"
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "morþsliht"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "قتل"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "su'-e qasd",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "سوء قصد"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "teror",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "ترور"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "zamach"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skrytobójstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "morderstwo"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asasinare"
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уби́йство"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наёмное уби́йство"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atentát"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vražda"
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "umor"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asesinato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "magnicidio"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "attentat"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lönnmord"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "paglingo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qatl",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "қатл"
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      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tamenɣiwt"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-lɔ̂ɔp-sǎng-hǎan",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "การลอบสังหาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "word": "suikast"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ubývstvo",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уби́вство"
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      "code": "uk",
      "english": "attempt",
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      "roman": "zámax",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́мах"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "note": "vụ ám sát (vụ + 暗殺)",
      "sense": "murder for political reasons or personal gain"
    }
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