(historical) A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period. / Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.

(nonstandard) To assassinate.

plural of assassin

simple past tense and past participle of assassinate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assassinate

present participle of assassinate

plural of character assassination

(idiomatic) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.

Any true bug from the subfamily Reduviinae of the family Reduviidae, all of which eat other insects. They can inflict a very painful bite, but don't cause disease.

A title sarcastically given on September 24, 1896, by Gladstone to sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire.