Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To assassinate.
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.
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