Presently they were found attempting to assassinate the German Emperor at Niederwald, or laying dynamite against the Federal Palace at Bern; or a troop of them had set off over Europe on a quixotic expedition of miscellaneous revenge on powers that be, and were reported successively as having killed a gendarme in Strasburg, a policeman in Vienna, and a head of the constabulary in Frankfort.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
But Domitian was a pettifogger as well as a plunderer; he would fleece or assassinate his victims under forms of law.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
So completely was he possessed with the notion that I meant to assassinate him, that while I was endeavouring to extricate myself from his grasp, he continued to beg his life in the most heartrending manner.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)