John Wilkes Booth or Lee Harvey Oswald, say (8)

I believe the answer is:

assassin

(Other definitions for assassin that I've seen before include "butcher" , "Terrorist" , "Booth, for example" , "Professional, often political, killer" , "Hitman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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