English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] assassinate -ion
Pronunciation [ edit ] assassination (plural assassinations
The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
The assassination of the king occurred at night.
1963 Wing-tsit Chan , transl., Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Confucian Writings by Wang Yang-ming [1] Columbia University Press , →LCCN →OCLC page xxiv :Liu's agents pursued him and he escaped assassination only by throwing his clothing away by the Chʻien-tʻang River near Hangchow, thus suggesting suicide.
Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] murder for political reasons or personal gain
Arabic: اِغْتِيَال (ar) m ( iḡtiyāl )
Armenian: մարդասպանություն ( mardaspanutʻyun ) , սպանություն (hy) ( spanutʻyun )
Belarusian: зама́х m ( zamáx ) , забо́йства (be) n ( zabójstva )
Bulgarian: атента́т (bg) ( atentát ) , полити́ческо уби́йство ( politíčesko ubíjstvo ) , уби́йство (bg) n ( ubíjstvo )
Burmese: လုပ်ကြံမှု (my) ( lupkramhmu. )
Catalan: assassinat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暗殺 ／ 暗杀 (zh) ( ànshā ) , 刺殺 ／ 刺杀 (zh) ( cìshā )
Czech: atentát (cs) m vražda (cs) f
Danish: attentat (da) n snigmord n
Dutch: moord (nl) , sluipmoord (nl) f
Estonian: atentaat
Finnish: salamurha (fi)
French: assassinat (fr) m
Galician: asasinato (gl) m
Georgian: პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა ( ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba )
German: Ermordung (de) f Attentat (de) n Meuchelmord (de) m
Greek: δολοφονία (el) ( dolofonía )
Hebrew: רֶצַח (he) m ( rétzakh ) הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת (he) f ( hitnaqshut )
Hungarian: merénylet (hu)
Italian: assassinio (it) m
Japanese: 暗殺 (ja) ( あんさつ, ansatsu )
Korean: 암살(暗殺) (ko) ( amsal )
Latin: ( Classical Latin ) caedēs per insidiās ( Modern Latin ) assassinātiō
Macedonian: атента́т m ( atentát ) , у́биство n ( úbistvo )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Norman: assâsinâtion f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: attentat (no) n snikmord n
Nynorsk: attentat n
Occitan: assassinat (oc) m
Odia: ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା ( guptôhôtya )
Old English: morþsliht m
Persian: قتل (fa) ( qatl ) , سوء قصد (fa) ( su'-e qasd ) , ترور (fa) ( teror )
Polish: zamach (pl) m skrytobójstwo (pl) n morderstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: assassinato (pt) m
Romanian: asasinat (ro) n asasinare (ro) f
Russian: уби́йство (ru) n ( ubíjstvo ) , наёмное уби́йство n ( najómnoje ubíjstvo )
Slovak: atentát m vražda (sk) f
Slovene: atentat m umor (sl) m
Spanish: asesinato (es) m magnicidio m
Swedish: attentat (sv) , lönnmord (sv) n
Tagalog: paglingo
Tajik: қатл ( qatl )
Tarifit: tamenɣiwt f
Thai: การลอบสังหาร ( gaan-lɔ̂ɔp-sǎng-hǎan )
Turkish: suikast (tr)
Ukrainian: уби́вство n ( ubývstvo ) , за́мах m ( zámax ) ( attempt )
Vietnamese: vụ ám sát (vi) (vụ (vi) + 暗殺
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