Assassination
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An assassination is when someone well-known is murdered (killed on purpose) by someone else. The person who is doing the killing is called an assassin or murderer. The person carrying out the killing may do so for money, or for other reasons, likr favors owed.
In most countries, it is forbidden to assassinate people, and there are high penalties for doing that. Some countries impose the death penalty for killing.
If someone is killed by accident it is not called assassination.
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