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All Assassination, Political and Extrajudicial Killing

Killings carried out for political, military or private-justice reasons rather than personal gain, including the killing of a ruler or official, the killing of a superior by troops, killing without a court's sentence, mob killing and the duel. An offense belongs here when the definition ties the killing to a public figure, a chain of command, a mob or a code of honor. It excludes murder for hire and ordinary homicide.

All Assassination, Political and Extrajudicial Killing
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Assassination

Acts Leading to or Intending Death

Dueling

Acts Leading to or Intending Death

Extrajudicial Killing

Acts Leading to or Intending Death

Fragging

Acts Leading to or Intending Death

Lynching

Acts Leading to or Intending Death

Regicide

Acts Leading to or Intending Death
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Extrajudicial killing (Wikipedia)
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An extrajudicial killing (shortened to EJK; also known as an extrajudicial execution or an extralegal killing) refers to the act of a governmental authority killing a person without the lawful authority granted by a judicial proceeding.
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Assassination (Wikipedia)
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Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden or secret attack, of a person-especially a prominent or important one-typically for political, social, or ideological reasons.
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Regicide (Wikipedia)
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Regicide is the purposeful killing of a monarch and is often associated with a violent change in the regime, as in a revolution.
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Duel (Wikipedia)
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A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons.
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Fragging (Wikipedia)
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Fragging is the deliberate killing or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier.
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USLegal, Inc.: Lynching Law and Legal Definition
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A lynching is a killing by a mob of people.
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