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assassinio — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assassination noun The killing of someone, usually a prominent or public figure, carried out deliberately and often for political motives.
  • homicide noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
  • killing noun An act in which someone or something is killed.
  • murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.

Senses

assassinio is used for these senses in English:

  • assassination The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
  • homicide (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  • killing An instance of someone being killed.
  • murder (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.

homicide — full definition

  1. noun The killing of one person by another, whether it was planned or accidental.
  2. noun The police division that investigates killings.

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