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Hired Murderer Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

• a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

24%9Murderer of Agamemnon in Greek mythology
noun

• (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him

24%11Murderer who uses suffocation as a method
noun

• a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

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