The term "assassination" typically refers to the targeted killing of a prominent person, often for political reasons, rather than a random act of murder. There is no specific legal "minimum office requirement," but assassinations usually involve individuals in positions of power or influence, such as politicians, military leaders, or high-profile figures. The context and motive behind the killing are crucial in distinguishing assassination from other forms of murder.
Murder, homicide.
No. An assassination by its very nature is murder and illegal.
Assassination is the murder of a prominent person, usually for political purposes.
Assassination.
The difference between between a murder and an assassination is that an assassination is always for political purpose. Abe was the first president assassinated because the south wanted the north to have nobody to rule. A murder is for a many different reasons but not political.
assassination
a murder in which the target is killed without him knowing
The word is assassination.
The assassination (political murder) of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to the start of WW I.
First degree murder in Florida carries mandatory life or death by lethal injection. That is the minimum. There is no mandated minimum for attempted murder unless a gun was used. The minimum for firing a gun in the commission of any felony is 20 years. If the victim was shot, it's 25 years.
The noun 'assassination' is an abstract noun, the murder of a prominent person, often for political reasons; a word for a concept.
The use of the word assassination is to describe a killing on behalf of someone else. If a hitman is paid to kill a grocery store clerk - its still an assassination. Perhaps there is too much improper useage of the word by the media when describing a 'murder' of a celebrity.