Assassinship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being an assassin. rare, uncountable

    "Consider, for example, the domain of assassinship. Because for an assassin killing one's target is the goal around which the practice of assassinship is structured (or so it seems), […]"

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"Consider, for example, the domain of assassinship. Because for an assassin killing one's target is the goal around which the practice of assassinship is structured (or so it seems), […]"

Etymology

From assassin + -ship.

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