The dictator's assassin was caught trying to escape. From LearnThat.org.
The word assassin comes from the Arabic word hashhashshin, derived from the word for the drug hashish. From Wordnik.com. [Noise and it���s affects on the human body: Part 1] Reference
The angle of the mysterious assassin is intriguing. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Avi’s Second Review Forum] Reference
Note: the word assassin comes from the word hashish. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fox News Segment Falsely Claims That Denver Blizzard Casts Doubt On Global Warming] Reference
This film about a game show host/assassin is a hoot. From Wordnik.com. [Films You Might Want To See] Reference
It was the Arabs who gave us the word assassin, not the Jews. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
My Oxford Dictionary says an assassin is "one who kills treacherously". From Wordnik.com. [Message of Munich] Reference
The group was the Hashshashin sect (the word assassin came from Hashshashin). From Wordnik.com. [Now or Never!! Pakistan must change its position on the "war on terror".] Reference
Log in to Reply just like using "irregardless", ninja assassin is redundant-nt. From Wordnik.com. [So, Mrs. Senator Brown was some kind of bikini-clad ninja assassin… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
Why the discovery of El Dorado would clear the name of an assassin is anyone's guess. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Review: National Treasure: Book of Secrets] Reference
They were returning from a scout in search of the "assassin" -- so Carlos was designated. From Wordnik.com. [The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico] Reference
His assassin was a young Armenian named Soghomon Tehlirian. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
Jessica’s roommate Charlotte knows a Xeran assassin is arriving soon. From Wordnik.com. [Warrior: The Time Hunters-Angela Knight « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference
The President has just been shot dead; his assassin is a four-year-old boy. From Wordnik.com. [Podiobookin': Science Fiction Edition - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games] Reference
In the right corner is a person police identified as the assassin's lookout. From Wordnik.com. [Gunman's face captured in family photo taken by victim] Reference
The assassin was a Serbian student who had acted from purely patriotic motives. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Mankind] Reference
I always supposed the assassin was a man, a common criminal of the lowest order. From Wordnik.com. [Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron] Reference
Though the assassin was a giant in stature and in strength, though he fought like. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
I’ve heard some other similiar etymological iterations of the word assassin as well…. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Our Big Digs in the Desert] Reference
In another corner of the photograph is a man police identified as the assassin's lookout. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Also in the right corner of the photograph is a man police identified as the assassin's lookout. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
"The rumor is that the assassin was a northlander, and the City Guard seems to think I am the man.". From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Victorious]
The word assassin, as you well know, comes appropriately from Arabia and meant "one who eats hashish". From Wordnik.com. [Message of Munich] Reference
The suggestion, no less than the fact, that the assassin was a communist was unwelcome in many circles. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Conspiracy] Reference
This headset features noise assassin, which is designed to enable phone calls in very loud environments. From Wordnik.com. [Gadling] Reference
All that one knows for certain is that the assassin was a man in the employ of one of Miloš's prefects. From Wordnik.com. [The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1] Reference
From their name comes the word assassin. From Wordnik.com. [Gold of Kings] Reference
Emmas mind was snagged by the word assassin. From Wordnik.com. [Gold of Kings] Reference
Only to emerge outside to shouts of "assassin" from bystanders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2009] Reference
The word "assassin" and the young man's strange composure caused Gaidar to lift his sword. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
Mother wasn't all that happy about my learn-ing 'assassin's tricks,' as she so tactfully put it. From Wordnik.com. [Arrow's Fall]
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