prepense
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On this subject he spares no sensibilities, not even his own, minces no words, without malice prepense.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would need only a little malice prepense to make him out a deserter from the flag, and the fact of his having borne a false name would go far to establish his guilt.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
He has some design—some malice prepense, of which he does not desire her to be a witness.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
To his having been in this condition several of the Court domestics, at the time called out of their beds, with purpose prepense, were able to bear witness.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Mayne Reid
It proved that Susan's departure was plainly premeditated—"with malice prepense," to quote Judge Fitch—since all her best clothes had gone with her.
From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Anne Warner
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