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means The killing of a prominent person, usually for political, ideological, or symbolic reasons rather than personal gain.

from Traces back through French and Medieval Latin 'assassinus' to Arabic 'hashishin,' tied to 'hashish.' The popular tale says it named a secretive medieval sect whose members were allegedly drugged with hashish before being sent to kill political enemies — making the murders seem fearless, even otherworldly. Historians now treat that drug story as largely propaganda spread by rivals and crusader chroniclers to paint the group as fanatical, but the name stuck, traveling into European languages as a word for politically motivated murder-for-hire.