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aforethought
[ uh-fawr-thawt, uh-fohr- ]
adjective
with malice aforethought.
noun
- premeditation; forethought.
aforethought
/ əˈfɔːˌθɔːt /
adjective
- immediately postpositive premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought )
Word History and Origins
Origin of aforethought1
Example Sentences
And there’s no question it was a choice aforethought.
Capote had no doubt that Ann — “Mrs. Bang Bang,” he once called her to her face — had offed her husband with malice aforethought, but in Montillo’s telling the evidence is less than clear-cut.
The legal definition — and I might actually slaughter this a little myself — the legal definition of manslaughter is killing a human being without malice aforethought.
Her consistency of dress was a sign of reliability in the face of global change, a physical expression of her job as a living historical symbol and a tool wielded with precision, aforethought.
Three weeks ago, I wrote here about "Seven Days in June," a right-wing coup carried out without violence, but with considerable malice aforethought by the Supreme Court in the final week of its term.
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