moordenaar noun (any ruthless killer)
sluipmoordenaar noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Arabic

4 entries

حَشَّاش noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
سَفَّاح noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
سَفَّاك noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
قَاتِل noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Armenian

1 entries

մարդասպան noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Belarusian

1 entries

наёмны забо́йца noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Bulgarian

4 entries

нае́мен уби́ец noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
терори́ст noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
терори́стка noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
уби́ец noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Catalan

4 entries

assassina noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assassina noun (any ruthless killer)
assassí noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assassí noun (any ruthless killer)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

凶手 noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
刺客 noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
哈薩辛 /哈萨辛 noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
暗殺者 /暗杀者 noun (any ruthless killer)

Czech

4 entries

asasín noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
atentátnice noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
atentátník noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
hašašín noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)

Danish

4 entries

assassiner noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
attentatkvinde noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
attentatmand noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
drabsmand noun (any ruthless killer)

Dutch

4 entries

Assassijn noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
assassijn noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
huurmoordenaar noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
huurmoordenares noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Esperanto

2 entries

murdintino noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
murdinto noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Estonian

1 entries

palgamõrvar noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Faroese

1 entries

slysdrápsmaður noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Finnish

1 entries

salamurhaaja noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

French

4 entries

assassin noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
assassin noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assassin noun (any ruthless killer)
assassine noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Friulian

1 entries

sassin noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Galician

4 entries

asasina noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
asasina noun (any ruthless killer)
asasino noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
asasino noun (any ruthless killer)

Georgian

3 entries

დაქირავებული მკვლელი noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
კილერი noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
მკვლელი noun (any ruthless killer)

German

4 entries

Assassine noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
Attentäter noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
Attentäterin noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
Meuchelmörder noun (any ruthless killer)

Greek

3 entries

ασσασίνος noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
δολοφόνος noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
δολοφόνος noun (any ruthless killer)

Hebrew

2 entries

מִתְנַקֵּשׁ noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
מִתְנַקֶּשֶׁת noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Hindi

4 entries

गरकट noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
गुप्तघाती noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
छलघाती noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
हत्यारा noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Hungarian

2 entries

asszaszin noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
bérgyilkos noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Icelandic

1 entries

launmorðingi noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Irish

1 entries

feallmharfóir noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Italian

4 entries

assassina noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assassina noun (any ruthless killer)
assassino noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
assassino noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Japanese

3 entries

キラー noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
刺客 noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
暗殺者 noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Khmer

1 entries

ឃាតករ noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Korean

2 entries

암살자 noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
자객 noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Latin

4 entries

assassīnus noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
percussor noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
sīcārius noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
sīcārius noun (any ruthless killer)

Latvian

2 entries

algots slepkava noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
slepkava noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Macedonian

4 entries

аса́син noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
атента́тор noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
у́биец noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
у́биец noun (any ruthless killer)

Malay

1 entries

pembunuh upahan noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Marathi

2 entries

मारेकरी noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
हत्यारा noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Norman

4 entries

assâsine noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assâsine noun (any ruthless killer)
assâsîn noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assâsîn noun (any ruthless killer)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

mirovkuj noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
mirovkuj noun (any ruthless killer)
qatil noun (any ruthless killer)
suîqestker noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

attentatkvinne noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
attentatmann noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
lønnmorder noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
snikmorder noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

attentatkvinne noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
attentatmann noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
snikmordar noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Old English

1 entries

morþslaga noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Persian

2 entries

آدمکش noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
حشاشین noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)

Polish

4 entries

asasyn noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
skrytobójca noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
skrytobójczyni noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
zabójca noun (any ruthless killer)

Portuguese

4 entries

assassina noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
assassina noun (any ruthless killer)
assassino noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
assassino noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Russian

4 entries

ассаси́н noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
ки́ллер noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
наёмный уби́йца noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
уби́йца noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

murtair noun (any ruthless killer)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

asasin noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
atèntātor noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
ubojica noun (any ruthless killer)
атѐнта̄тор noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Slovak

4 entries

asasín noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
atentátnik noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
atentátnička noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
vrah noun (any ruthless killer)

Slovene

2 entries

atentator noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
atentatorka noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Spanish

4 entries

asesina noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
asesina noun (any ruthless killer)
asesino noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
asesino noun (any ruthless killer)

Swedish

4 entries

baneman noun (any ruthless killer)
dråpare noun (any ruthless killer)
lönnmördare noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
lönnmörderska noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Tagalog

1 entries

manlilingo noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Thai

1 entries

ผู้สังหาร noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Turkish

3 entries

haşhaşi noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
katil noun (any ruthless killer)
suikastçı noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Ukrainian

1 entries

на́йманий уби́вця noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Vietnamese

2 entries

kẻ ám sát noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
sát thủ noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Welsh

2 entries

asasin noun (member of the historical Ismaili Muslim militant group)
bradlofrudd noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Yiddish

2 entries

מערדער noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)
רוצח noun (one who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public figure)

Sample sentences

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The assassin smothered his victim with a pillow.

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The assassin was Charles Guiteau.

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Tom was killed by a hired assassin.

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When the thought of what I had done came to mind, I felt like an assassin.

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