evil intent

collocation in English

meaningsofevilandintent

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evil
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.vəl/us
/ˈiː.vəl/
morally bad, cruel, or ...
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intent
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˈtent/us
/ɪnˈtent/
the fact that you want and plan to ...
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(Definition ofevilandintentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofevil intent

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Surely someone who declares an interest is more likely to want to participate in relevant debates, not always—or not usually—withevilintent.
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He will not have the problem of people wandering round and have no idea whether they are legitimate walkers or people withevilintent.
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A policeman with perhapsevilintent, waiting for a confession, might just motor the chap around the country.
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There is a whole difference in the world betweenevilintentand carelessness.
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They are under constant pressure, and without anyevilintentthey often find it desirable or unavoidable to yield to that pressure.
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Does one get up, go out and see whether they are people ofevilintent?
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The courts have held that there is noevilintentwhen all that the parent did was to administer reasonable punishment to the child.
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I am sure that these are innocent of anyevilintent.
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It is our responsibility and duty to protect young people from those withevilintent.
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We do not believe that there is anyevilintent.
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These things happen as a form of curiosity more than as any form ofevilintent.
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Therefore, you will be branded as a criminal, though you had noevilintent.
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There is noevilintentwhatever on my part and this is not a party political issue.
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There was noevilintentin this.
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It is, of course, the general basis of our criminal law that in order to establish an offence you must establishevilintent.
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To do so, as our motion suggests, it must face up to the causes of disunity and confront those ofevilintent.
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I think it is a reasonable assumption that it is being done withevilintent.
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Not all property owners have anevilintent.
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I suggest it is when someone withevilintentseeks to acquire devastating capability.
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Plainly, what could be done by mistake could also be done deliberately by men withevilintent.
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