Assassination means the intentional act of killing someone, typically a public figure or important person, often for political reasons or to cause fear or unrest. Full definition
The evidence against him is obvious and totally indisputable, he should just get out of office now and stop the attempted character assasination of his accusers. (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)
FFS I would pin the Kennedy Assasination on him if it got him out quicker. (justarsenal.com)
I've heard these character assasination attempts hundres of times. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)