Term: assassin: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
Candidate hypernym: murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) → 1
Candidate hypernym: public servant: someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment) → 0
Candidate hypernym: punch: an iced mixed drink usually containing alcohol and prepared for multiple servings; normally served in a punch bowl → 0
Candidate hypernym: indian race: sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India → 0
Candidate hypernym: stalk: the act of following prey stealthily → 0
Candidate hypernym: chintz: a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric → 0
Candidate hypernym: bombing: an attack by dropping bombs → 0
Candidate hypernym: boatswain: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen → 0
Candidate hypernym: bantamweight: an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds → 0
Candidate hypernym: odds: the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring → 0
Candidate hypernym: caster: a worker who casts molten metal into finished products → 0