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ASSASSIN, crim, law(law)

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assassin noun. M16.

A person who undertakes to assassinate somebody; spec. (Hist.) any of a band of Ismaili Muslim fanatics in the time of the Crusades who were allegedly sent on murder errands by the Old Man of the Mountains or by later leaders.
Comb.: assassin bug any bug of the large family Reduviidae, members of which are predacious or bloodsucking.