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assassins

noun

plural of assassin

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a person who kills another person shot down by an unknown assassin

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Recent Examples of assassins His legacy as one of rap’s great subliminal assassins is one of the most impressive parts of his career. — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026 Later, the team pieces together that the assassins were professionals who had been hired by someone with deep pockets. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 May 2026 Forced to flee together, the pair embark on a high-stakes road trip across Europe while being hunted by law enforcement, elite assassins and dangerous criminals. — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 The film follows a unit of young assassins who belong to the titular organization, trained in a tropical rainforest by a figure known only as Master. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 May 2026 The bombshells, Gabriel from Brazil and Kayda from New Hampshire, arrive like sexy assassins and silently start making out with everyone standing on a red dot. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 3 June 2026 These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost. — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 During the century-plus the Secret Service resided within the Treasury Department, there were presidential deaths at the hands of assassins (McKinley and Kennedy) or near-death episodes (Reagan). — Patrick Eddington, Oc Register, 1 June 2026

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Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin said blocking such searches would handicap police searching for murderers, kidnappers and robbers.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Our law enforcement officers are on the frontlines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, pedophiles and rapists.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

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