| n. | 1. | The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence. |
| Noun | 1. | assassination - an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation Synonyms: blackwash, character assassination |
| 2. | assassination - murder of a public figure by surprise attack |
ASSASSINATION, crim. law. A murder committed by an assassin. By assassination is understood a murder committed for hire in money, without any provocation or cause of resentment given by the person against whom the crime is directed. Ersk. Inst. B. 4, t. 4, n. 45.
assassinate, blackwash, calumny, character assassination, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement