a person who murders somebody important or famous, for money or for political reasons (为金钱或政治目的的)暗杀者,行刺者 a hired/professional assassin 受雇/职业杀手 He was killed by a hired assassin. 他被人雇凶杀害。 They hired a professional assassin to do the job for them. 他们雇用了一名职业杀手来做那件事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attempted
- would-be
- hired
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- hire
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from medieval Latin assassinus, from Arabic ḥašīšī ‘hashish-eater’.