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Assassination

/əˌsæsəˈneɪʃən/
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(noun) The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
Investigators uncovered an assassination plot.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The plot for the political ____ was discovered by the secret police.

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