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The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malice aforethought
Antonyms: none provided
(law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mens rea, malice aforethought
planning or plotting in advance of acting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forethought
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: planning, preparation, provision
Learned borrowing from Latin praemeditātiō.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سبق الإصرار والترصّد
— the act of planning or plotting
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Belarusian:
наўмы́снасць
(nawmýsnascʹ)
— the act of planning or plotting
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Danish:
forsæt
— the act of planning or plotting
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Dutch:
beraming
— the act of planning or plotting
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Dutch:
opzet
— the act of planning or plotting
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Dutch:
voorbedachte raad
— the act of planning or plotting
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Dutch:
voorbedachtheid
— the act of planning or plotting
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Finnish:
harkinta
— the act of planning or plotting
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Finnish:
vakaa harkinta
— the act of planning or plotting
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French:
préméditation
— the act of planning or plotting
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German:
Vorsatz
— the act of planning or plotting
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German:
Vorbedacht
— the act of planning or plotting
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German:
Vorsätzlichkeit
— the act of planning or plotting
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Italian:
premeditazione
— the act of planning or plotting
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Polish:
premedytacja
— the act of planning or plotting
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Russian:
предумы́шленность
(predumýšlennostʹ)
— the act of planning or plotting
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Russian:
преднаме́ренность
(prednamérennostʹ)
— the act of planning or plotting
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Spanish:
alevosía
— the act of planning or plotting
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Spanish:
premeditación
— the act of planning or plotting
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Ukrainian:
навми́сність
(navmýsnistʹ)
— the act of planning or plotting
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Ukrainian:
уми́сність
(umýsnistʹ)
— the act of planning or plotting