evil intention

collocation in English

meaningsofevilandintention

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evil
adjective
uk
/ˈiː.vəl/us
/ˈiː.vəl/
morally bad, cruel, or ...
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intention
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˈten.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈten.ʃən/
something that you want and plan ...
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(Definition ofevilandintentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Those around suspectevilintentionor a punishment, for why else should the person have died?
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From behind the general public, who are, of course, often quite innocent of anyevilintention, they mount attacks against the security forces.
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The law is broken more often by failure to understand than byevilintention.
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There was no knowinglyevilintentionon their part.
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Therefore, a person against whom we cannot prove anevilintentionshould not be liable to the risk of being imprisoned.
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After all, we are conscious of noevilintention, conscious of doing our best in a difficult and dangerous world.
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In foreign policy it is not enough to have anevilintention, it is necessary also not to create the impression and the suspicion that you have that intention.
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Then, further whisperings change the evil desire into anevilintentionand evil purpose.
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It states that a cleric one day followed him with anevilintentionto a retired chapel, where the saint was wont to pray.
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At long last he finds an opportunity to carry out hisevilintention.
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How can you suspect others of having evil intentions towards you unless you know that they can have intentions?
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Their exclusivity and selfishness are signs of their evil intentions.
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Transgression of this boundary creates suspicion of evil intentions and witchcraft.
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Rubens also added a barking dog, a common reference used to indicate or warn someone of foreigners who came withevilintention.
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Nor is it relevant to inquire whether there were evil intentions in the minds of those who committed these acts.
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They did not attempt to overstate their case or to accuse their opponents of any evil intentions.
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The fact that they have this additional regulator will not make their evil intentions any more effective in practice than they have already been.
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I believe that his motive was vengeance on society and the parents who protected their children from his evil intentions and attentions.
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It is hard to believe that people with such evil intentions are in our midst, but it is true.
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Surely if someone with evil intentions wants to obtain a handgun, he will find a way somehow to do so.
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