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

We have no alternative but to believe you guilty, with deliberate forethought, with ‘malice prepense.’

From Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life by Reid, Elizabeth

Granger, however, was the first who introduced it in the form of a treatise, and surely "in an evil hour" was this treatise published—although its amiable author must be acquitted of "malice prepense."

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

For the same reason, Macaulay's genuine eloquence is marred by the symptoms of malice prepense.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

Why charge such a man with malice prepense?

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old