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Assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons. " To carry out an assassination is "to murder (a usually prominent person) by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." An assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives; it may be carried out for the prospect of financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from the desire to acquire fame or notoriety (that is, a psychological need to gamer personal public recognition), from the wish to form some kind of "relationship" with...