as in murderer
a person who kills another person
shot down by an unknown assassin
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Recent Examples of assassin
Ana de Armas is back in action as Eve, reuniting with Keanu Reeves for the John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, set during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum and following her training to become an assassin.
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EW.com, 2 June 2025
King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.
—PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
The organized crime syndicates also have ties to the Mexican mafia and, in one instance, hired an assassin from the Sureño gang, who shot two people in a murder-for-hire plot, killing one of them.
—Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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EW.com, 2 June 2025
King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.
—PC Magazine, 22 May 2025
The organized crime syndicates also have ties to the Mexican mafia and, in one instance, hired an assassin from the Sureño gang, who shot two people in a murder-for-hire plot, killing one of them.
—Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assassin
Noun
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These rioters in Los Angeles are fighting to keep rapists, murderers, and other violent criminals loose on Los Angeles streets.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
8 June 2025
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Double murderer Jamon Buggs sentenced to life behind bars as judge rules DA Todd Spitzer violated Racial Justice Act The judge, however, found that since the DA already decided not to seek the death penalty, further sanctions such as reducing the murder charges would not be needed.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Holly Gibney is back on the case, this time facing both a serial killer and a stalker.—
The California Independent Booksellers Alliance,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2025
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Fast forward about four decades to 2023, when the county Crime Lab, run by the DA’s office, was tasked with re-examining the available physical evidence from Peterson’s killing to look for any forensic traces of her killer.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
3 June 2025
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