aforethought
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And there’s no question it was a choice aforethought.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
Everything he has done in his whole life has been with malice aforethought.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2022
Malice aforethought is a broad category that encompasses numerous scenarios, including a situation in which the accused allegedly acted with such blatant disregard for the safety of others that a fatal outcome was reasonably foreseeable.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2020
As Regina George, the reigning mean girl with malice aforethought, Taylor Louderman is a contender for lead actress in a musical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
O miserable man: I had believed that thou didst err through ignorance: now know I that thou goest on in thy sins from pure wickedness and of malice aforethought.
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
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