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premeditation

[ US /pɹiˌmɛdəˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪmˌɛdɪtˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent
  2. planning or plotting in advance of acting

How To Use premeditation In A Sentence

  • Sanzone said the judge ruled there was not evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to show the boy acted with malice or premeditation, meaning that he would have been convicted of involuntary manslaughter if he had been older. News for Lynchburg News Advance
  • But responsibility should be calibrated on a scale, and this is not a Mafia hit case, this not the kind of premeditation or motivated killing. CNN Transcript Dec 12, 2001
  • It's the "premeditation" of a crime or the killing itself that governs most "murder" charges. "I did shift from being against the death penalty to thinking that if it has a significant deterrent effect it’s probably justified."
  • It's one thing to require scienter and premeditation.
  • So what is her take on what some call kinky and perverted, others call magic and premeditation? CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2009
  • When a punch finally landed, the task became simpler: to convince oneself to one's aim and premeditation. DOUBTING THOMAS
  • And then, with no premeditation at all, there came strange words from her, words clothing with unlessoned ease thoughts that certainly she had never formulated for Hugo Canning. V. V.'s Eyes
  • There was an element of premeditation about the incident because the group left the public house as the other group of supporters arrived at the station and attempted to leave the station.
  • His playing suggests precision without premeditation, which is one reason for his success along a certain WN.com - Articles related to South Africa Convicts Police Ex-Chief
  • If Sutherland thought that Cardew had successfully positioned her in this house without Wilshere's premeditation, he was wrong. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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