traducing: That traduces someone or something; defamatory, slanderous.

poltroonery: Behaviour characteristic of a poltroon; cowardice, pusillanimity; (formerly also) †laziness (obsolete).

parricide: A person who kills a near relative (now usually a father). Also figurative: a person who kills the ruler of or betrays his or her country.

execration: An uttered curse; an anathema, an imprecation.

ambuscade: Chiefly Military. The condition or position of lying in wait in a concealed place in order to surprise and attack an enemy, victim, etc.; a positioning of soldiers, etc., in a concealed place for this purpose. Also: the surprise attack itself.

apparitor: Roman History. A public servant assisting a Roman magistrate, e.g. as a scribe, messenger, or lictor.

panegyric: person who writes or delivers a eulogy or encomium;

depredator: One who, or that which, preys upon or makes depredations; a ravager, plunderer, pillager.

inveterate: That has existed or continued for a long time; of old standing; aged.

subitary: Made, done, etc., suddenly, hastily, or without premeditation; makeshift.