To be assassinated means to be intentionally and unlawfully killed, usually for political or ideological reasons. It refers to the act of someone deliberately targeting and murdering another person.
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil rights leader who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in April of 1968.
Political assassination: The deliberate killing of a public figure, often for political motives.
Conspiracy: A secret plan by a group of people to commit an unlawful or harmful act, such as plotting an assassination.