Synonyms for malice prepense

Grammar : Adv, noun

Définition of malice prepense

As in malice aforethought : adv with intent
As in premeditation : noun planning to act

Example sentences :

Did the defendant knock the plaintiff down with malice prepense?
Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various

But I was doing it with malice prepense, and I was doing it for a purpose.
Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman

A man of dignity doesn't like to seem to bear tales with malice prepense.
Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston

Mohun was tried for his life, but acquitted, for want of evidence, of malice prepense.
Extract from : « The Town » by Leigh Hunt

They had been cast adrift by their own companions, of malice prepense.
Extract from : « Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma » by George Norway

She looked at it as a trap; not, indeed, set with malice prepense, but still a trap.
Extract from : « A Terrible Temptation » by Charles Reade

Beware of malice prepense, of chance-medley, and of manslaughter.
Extract from : « The Prairie » by J. Fenimore Cooper

There was malice prepense in the mind that contrived that fearful barrier.
Extract from : « Barren Honour: A Novel » by George A. Lawrence

When he attempted it of malice prepense it was often laboriously unfunny.
Extract from : « Americanisms and Briticisms » by Brander Matthews

She'll certainly think I've done it out of malice prepense, as it is.
Extract from : « The War-Workers » by E.M. Delafield

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