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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