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Definition of Attentat
1. Noun. (context: usually italicized) An act of political violence or terrorism, especially a political assassination. ¹
2. Noun. (legal obsolete) Anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Attentat
1. an attempted violent crime [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attentat
Literary usage of Attentat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"The first attempt was the enactment of the Belgian so-called attentat clause by
Belgium in 1856,* follow- ing the case of Jacquin in 1854. ..."
2. Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and Other Distinguished Persons by Nassau William Senior (1878)
"A most important event had taken place six weeks before—the ' attentat.'
Louis Napoleon had passed many years of his early life in Italy j he belonged to ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"The wearing of the German colours was forbidden, and a pursuit of all democrats
and zealous liberals was instituted. Frankfurter attentat (18SS AD) In ..."
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