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préméditation

premeditation

noun preh-meh-dee-tah-SYOHN Rare

Usage Note

Préméditation is most commonly encountered in legal contexts — avec préméditation means 'with premeditation' and transforms a crime into first-degree murder (meurtre avec préméditation). Outside law, it can simply imply something planned deliberately in advance.

Examples

"Il a agi avec préméditation selon le procureur."

Natural Translation

He acted with premeditation according to the prosecutor.

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