assassination

English

assassination (plural assassinations)

The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
The assassination of the king occurred at night.

murder for political reasons or personal gain

Arabic: اِغْتِيَال‎ m (iḡtiyāl)
Armenian: մարդասպանություն (mardaspanutʿyun), սպանություն (hy) (spanutʿyun)
Belarusian: зама́х m (zamáx)
Bulgarian: тероризъм (bg) (terorizǎm), политическо убийство (političesko ubijstvo)
Catalan: assassinat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 暗殺 (zh), 暗杀 (zh) (ànshā), 刺殺 (zh), 刺杀 (zh) (cìshā)
Czech: atentát (cs) m
Danish: attentat (da) n
Dutch: moord (nl)
Estonian: atentaat
Finnish: salamurha (fi)
French: assassinat (fr)
Georgian: პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა (ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba)
German: Ermordung (de), Attentat (de)
Greek: δολοφονία (el) (dolofonía)
Hebrew: רֶצַח‎ (he) m (rétzakh) הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת‎ (he) f (hitnaqshut)
Italian: assassinio (it)
Japanese: 暗殺 (ja) (あんさつ, ansatsu)
Korean: 암살 (ko) (amsal) (暗殺 (ko))
Latin: (Classical Latin) caedēs per insidiās nominative, caedis per insidiās genitive; (Modern Latin) assassinātiō nominative, assassinātiōnis genitive