When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
例句
Would the USA be radically different today if Kennedy had not been assassinated?...如果肯尼迪没有被暗杀，今天的美国会有根本性的不同吗？The plot to assassinate Martin Luther King had started long before he was actually killed.刺杀马丁·路德·金的计划在实施前酝酿已久。