What is the difference between assassination and murdered?
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from what I can see, important public figures, killed for political reasons, are assassinated whereas murder refers to the rest of us.  Take a look at the follwoing defintions, they have some good distinctions... hope that helped\n\n\n\nDefinitions of assassination on the Web:\n\n    * character assassination: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation\n    * murder of a public figure by surprise attack\n      wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\n    * In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. An assassin — one who carries out the assassination — is usually motivated by ideological or political reasons. Other motivations may be money in the case of a hitman; opposition to a person's beliefs or belief systems in the case of a fanatic; orders from a government that are often carried about by a subversive agent such as a spy; or loyalty to a competing leader or group.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination\n\n    * [country or state]--[city]\n      www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm1/app-b.html\n\n    * of the Coptic prime minister Butrus Ghali by a young Muslim nationalist. One of its repercussions was a new Coptic mistrust of the Muslim Egyptian nationalists. A Coptic Congress met in Asyut in 1911 to voice specifically Coptic political demands, which were rejected by a rival Muslim Congress convened in Heliopolis that year. 6\n      www.bartleby.com/67/1374.html\n\n    * The killing of a political leader or other public figure.\n      regentsprep.org/Regents/global/vocab/topic_alpha.cfm\n\n    * Two Presidents of the United States have been assassinated,—Abraham Lincoln by J Wilkes Booth, and James A. Garfield by Guiteau. The latter was called a crank or half crazy. There has never been any real conspiracy for assassination in this country, on a large scale. Booth had confederates, but represented no secret cabal, like the Russian Nihilists.\n      www.people.virginia.edu/~rmf8a/gaskell/poldict.htm\n\n\n\nDefinitions of murder on the Web:\n\n    * kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"\n    * unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being\n    * mangle: alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"\n      wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn\n\n    * Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. It may be legal to kill, but still murder in the moral sense. Opponents of the death penalty argue that it is simply murder by the state. Proponents of limited government argue that moral murder is never legal murder unless and until the government meets the limits and standards required of it, such as due process, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, trial by jury, appellate review, etc.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder\n\n    * Murder! a 1930 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. The film stars Herbert Marshall, Nora Baring.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder!\n\n    * Murder is the name of a single by British group New Order. Released on the Factory Benelux imprint in 1984, it is an instrumental piece, but also contains samples from films such as and Caligula. The b-side is an instrumental version of the previous single by the group, "Thieves Like Us". The sleeve art is a "night-time" version of the sleeve art from the previous single. Both tracks are available on 1987's compilation, Substance.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(single)\n\n    * 1. The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice. 2. Slang. Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder. 3. The collective noun for crows.\n      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_(disambiguation)\n\n    * The willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another.\n      www.securityoncampus.org/scho
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Fur is murder.\n\nWell, except when murder is murder.  As in choking the life out of someone.\n\nEven Paris Hilton.
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This one always confused me too: The Stan Files Blog answered it pretty well:\n"In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the murder of an important person, although the term really refers to murder via stealth. An assassin — one who carries out the assassination — is usually motivated by ideological or political reasons. Other motivations may be money in the case of a hitman; opposition to a person's beliefs or belief systems in the case of a fanatic; orders from a government that are often carried about by a subversive agent such as a spy; or loyalty to a competing leader or group."\n"Murder is the crime of causing the death of another human being without lawful excuse, and with intent to kill or to cause grievous bodily harm."\n\nHere is the link to his blog to read the rest of the info he provided.
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1.  How to kill each other.\n\n2.  How to get out of the locked room after killing the other guy.
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Assassination is the deliberate killing of an important person, usually a political figure or other strategically important individual.
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suicide and suicide bombing are two different deaths with different intentions.\n\n\nSuicide is a means to an end dear.  A poor choice, a poor last resort.\n\nSuicide bombing is death with a so-called "holy mission" to achieve.  Suicide bombers normally focus on their mission and believe it's for a greater purpose.  Also most of them believe it brings them martyrdom, while forgetting it brings the families of the victims grief and pain.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X#Assassination
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First Degree Murder is usually premeditated.  Premeditated means that you planned it out before it happened.  This makes it worse because you had chances to change your mind and not do and still did it anyway.
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better off dead as opposed to alive
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First degree murder is a charge that usually involves the following elements in a murder: premeditation, deliberateness and malice. Different jurisdictions will call them different things.\n\nCapital murder is a first degree murder charge for which the prosecution has decided to seek the death penalty as a possible punishment.
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Capital Punishment: (N) Legal Killing, or Execution. There's no better definition than this.
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Yes the US does Assassinations, but so does everyone. Every government even our friendly neighbors to the north will assassinate someone if they felt they had a good enough reason.
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Suicide or mass murdering spree.
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pretty sure there is only first and second degree murder.\nfirst means that it was pre-meditated, or that you thought it out and had a plan.\nsecond means that it happened "in the heat of the moment"
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Assassin is a type of a mercenary.  Assassins usually have a specific contract to kill a certain individual(s) as opposed to mercenaries who are a militia group that will do all sorts of things from protecting a radar base, giving government officials protected escorts, blowing up nuclear power plants, etc.  Assassins usually work in covert operations as opposed to mercenaries who work openly for the government.   Also most assassins work alone and the employer does not know you, in case you get caught. Mercenaries don't have to hide since the government usually hires you to work in correlation with their own military. \n\nA good example of a mercenary is the French Legionaire.  A good example of an assassin would be.... hmmm in real life.... I guess body guards of high profile mafia members are a good example.
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PASSSION killing is a killing that is motivated by extreme emotional outrage.  For example, you see a family member get gunned down.  You then attack and kill your family members killer.\n\nGender based violence is where a man likes to abuse women or a woman likes to abuse men.\n\nPatriarchy is a society that is dominated by males. (Matriarchy is female)\n\nAlso - check your spelling, young-in!
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"Murder" defines the ILLEGAL killing of another human being. Killing someone isn't "murder" until the killer is convicted of the crime of murder. So yes, killing a person is legal in most countries.\n\nOJ Simpson and Senator Ted Kennedy are classic examples of a "killer", but they're not  murderers. Doctors who perform abortion and euthanasia are "killers", but not murderers. Executioners are killers and so are drunk drivers in many cases. They usually aren't charged with nor convicted of murder.