nefarious purpose

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nefarious
adjective
uk
/nəˈfeə.ri.əs/us
/nəˈfer.i.əs/
(especially of activities) ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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Unfortunately, one consequence of jump-door technology is the possibility that large numbers of unsuspecting sentients can be diverted to destinations unknown for nefarious purposes.
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He is particularly adept at genetic engineering and manipulating radiation for various nefarious purposes.
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Worse, many corrupt wizards began turning to mana for their own nefarious purposes, eventually leading to war between them.
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Some of these tools can be used for nefarious purposes.
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Will it become something more like a sad disability, one that the mean religious right targets for nefarious purposes?
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That is our intention, and we have nonefariouspurposein putting this clause forward.
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He could have been there only for a very obviousnefariouspurpose.
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However, they also have a morenefariouspurpose.
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Are we always to look to some ulterior motive or somenefariouspurposethat some person may have and therefore refuse to do that which is necessary and desirable?
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It is more usual for such a scenario to arise in enclosed premises, because a person is much more likely to get away with anefariouspurposein enclosed premises.
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Abstaining from research or to limit the findings of research at the risk of having the results used for nefarious purposes is to do a greater harm.
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He detects nefarious purposes where there are none.
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There is also evidence in a number of countries of illicit trafficking and diversion of it for nefarious purposes.
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The intention is to sell everything that moves and everything that does not move because they need the money for other nefarious purposes.
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There would be no reason why they should want to amend a treaty for nefarious purposes at a later stage.
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It is a great mistake to suppose minerals are held up for nefarious purposes.
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That means that an unscrupulous individual could scoop up any number of ballot forms and use them for nefarious purposes.
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The suspicion was that someone was listening in to conversations for nefarious purposes which might have led to a profit.
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The measure would mean that those who were there for nefarious purposes had a built-in, cast-iron excuse for loitering outside a property at night in the middle of nowhere.
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