assassin oor Afrikaans

assassin

/əˈsæsɪn/ werkwoord, naamwoord

One who is motivated by political reasons or money to intentionally kill a particular person.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

moordenaar

naamwoord

The assassin allegedly wanted to gain membership in a white-supremacist organization and to earn a spiderweb tattoo for having killed a black person.
Die moordenaar wou blykbaar ’n lid van ’n witoppermag-organisasie word en ’n spinneraktatoeëermerk as beloning kry vir ’n moord op ’n swart mens.

Assassin

Soortgelyke frases

assassination
moord · sluipmoord

voorbeelde

The reading included the report of an assassination plot against Ahasuerus.
Die voorlesing het ’n verslag ingesluit van ’n komplot om Ahasveros te vermoor.

It can be transmitted to humans by dogs and cats but more usually by the vinchuca, an insect known also as the assassin, or kissing bug, because during the night it drops onto its victim to feed on the soft flesh of the face, usually around the neck or eyes.
Honde en katte kan dit aan mense oordra, maar dit word meestal oorgedra deur die roofwants, wat ook as die moordinsek bekend staan, omdat hy gedurende die nag op sy slagoffer val en bloed uit die sagte dele van die gesig, gewoonlik in die nek of om die oë, suig.

But many people vigorously resist these irresponsible revisionists, called by one French historian “assassins of the memory.”
Maar baie mense is sterk gekant teen hierdie onverantwoordelike revisioniste, wat deur een Franse geskiedkundige “sluipmoordenaars van die geheue” genoem word.

Further, when Mordecai uncovered a plot to assassinate Ahasuerus, Esther obediently passed his warning along to the king, and the plotters were foiled.
En toe Mordegai ’n sameswering om Ahasveros dood te maak, ontdek het, het Ester sy waarskuwing gehoorsaam oorgedra aan die koning, en die samesweerders is gefnuik (Est.

Not so today, when the course of history can shift in the time it takes for an assassin’s bullet to find its mark!
Maar vandag kan die verloop van die geskiedenis so gou verander as wat dit ’n sluipmoordenaar se koeël neem om sy teiken om te bereik!

Therefore, no one is alive today who witnessed the birth of Winston Churchill (1874) or that of Mohandas Gandhi (1869), the sale of Alaska to the United States by Russia in 1867, or the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 —not to mention all the events of history that preceded these of the 19th century.
Daarom is daar vandag niemand wat gelewe het toe Winston Churchill (1874) of Mohandas Gandhi (1869) gebore is of toe Alaska in 1867 deur Rusland aan die Verenigde State verkoop is of tydens die sluipmoord van Abraham Lincoln in 1865 nie—om nie eers te praat van al die historiese gebeure wat dié van die 19de eeu voorafgegaan het nie.

(Acts 11:25, 26; 13:1-4) Seleucus was assassinated in 281 B.C.E., but his dynasty ruled until 64 B.C.E. when Roman General Gnaeus Pompey made Syria a Roman province.
Seleukos is in 281 v.G.J. vermoor, maar sy dinastie het nog tot 64 v.G.J. regeer, toe Sirië deur die Romeinse generaal Gnaeus Pompejus ’n Romeinse provinsie gemaak is.

Sadly, in 1495 his patron, King John, is assassinated and Duke Manuel, who is keen on wealth but not on exploration, takes the throne.
Ongelukkig word sy beskermheer, koning Johan, in 1495 vermoor, en die hertog Manuel, wat nie in ontdekkingsreise belangstel nie, maar wel in rykdom, bestyg die troon.

Schemes, assassinations, and political intrigues tainted their office.
Slinkse planne, sluipmoorde en politieke komplotte het hulle amp bederf.

I'm a hunter not an assassin.
Ek is ́n jagter nie ́ n rower.

About a hundred years later, prisoners included the youths who were involved in the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
Ongeveer honderd jaar later is die jongmense wat betrokke was by die sluipmoord op aartshertog Frans-Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914, ook daar gevange gehou.

Gavrilo Princip, the actual assassin, died in that prison while World War I was still raging.
Gavrilo Princip, die eintlike sluipmoordenaar, is in daardie tronk oorlede terwyl die Eerste Wêreldoorlog nog gewoed het.

Seleucus was assassinated in 281 B.C.E., but the dynasty that he established continued in power until 64 B.C.E. when Roman General Pompey made Syria a province of Rome.
Seleukos is in 281 v.G.J. vermoor, maar die vorstehuis wat hy gestig het, het aan bewind gebly tot 64 v.G.J., toe die Romeinse generaal Pompejus Sirië ’n provinsie van Rome gemaak het.

When Domitian was assassinated in 96 C.E., he was succeeded by the more tolerant emperor Nerva, who evidently released John.
Toe Domitianus in 96 G.J. vermoor is, is hy deur die meer verdraagsame keiser Nerva opgevolg, wat Johannes blykbaar vrygelaat het.

The 1995 assassination of Selena, a Hispanic singer in the United States, made her songs even more popular than when she was alive.
Die sluipmoord in 1995 op Selena, ’n Spaanssprekende sangeres in die Verenigde State, het haar liedjies selfs gewilder gemaak as toe sy geleef het.

Even though the Edict of Nantes officially applied for almost 90 years, one historian says that it was already “dying when it was assassinated in 1685.”
Al was die Edik van Nantes amptelik amper 90 jaar lank van krag, sê een geskiedkundige dat die invloed daarvan reeds “aan die kwyn was toe dit in 1685 herroep is”.

History tells us that at the time of the assassination of Francis Ferdinand in 1914, the South Slavic countries of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were provinces in the Austro- Hungarian Empire.
Ten tye van die sluipmoord op Frans Ferdinand in 1914 was die Suid-Slawiese lande van Slowenië, Kroasië en Bosnië en Herzegowina provinsies in die Oostenryks-Hongaarse Ryk.

The would-be assassins, however, had minimal training.
Maar dié wat die sluipmoord sou pleeg, het baie min opleiding gehad.

A second attempt to assassinate His Majesty must be prevented at all costs.
'n Tweede poging om sy Majesteit te vermoor moet ons teen alle koste vermy!

To reach their ends, some nations feel fully justified in using any means that they consider necessary —massacres, assassinations, hijackings, bombings, and so on . . .
Sommige nasies dink dat hulle die volste reg het om enige middel te gebruik wat hulle nodig ag om hulle doelstellings te bereik—menseslagtings, sluipmoorde, skakings, bomaanvalle, en so meer . . .

‘Why would a company that builds electronic systems want to assassinate the president of a neighbouring country?’
“Hoekom sal ’n maatskappy wat elektroniese stelsels bou die president van ’n buurland wil doodmaak?”

27 Consider Sennacherib’s assassination and what a recent discovery reveals.
27 Beskou die sluipmoord op Sanherib en wat ’n onlangse ontdekking daaromtrent onthul.

Think about the assassination of John F.
Dink aan die sluipmoord op John F.

Sentenced to punishment more severe than was the assassin whose shot triggered World War I.
Gevonnis tot ’n erger straf as die sluipmoordenaar deur wie se skoot die Eerste Wêreldoorlog ontketen is.

(10:30) Accordingly, he becomes king in Samaria, and six months later an assassin strikes him down.
Hy word gevolglik koning in Samaria en ses maande later bring ’n moordenaar hom om die lewe.