with malice aforethought

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with malice aforethought (humorous)

if you say that someone did something bad with malice aforethought, you mean that they intended to do it and it was not an accident

Usage notes: This is a legal phrase, but it is used humorously in general language.

She has certainly got me in trouble with my boss, but I'm not sure whether she did it with malice aforethought.

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According to court documents, the US government said that "in or about September 2008, the defendant fired rockets at a US military base in Afghanistan," and that between March and November 2008, Vinas did "knowingly, intentionally and with malice aforethought conspire to kill one or more nationals of the United States. American charged with attacking US base, aiding Al-Qaeda by AFP / AFP American Edition			with advance notice with all due respect with all heart with all the fixin's with all the trimmings with an eye to with back against the wall with bare hands with bated breath with bells on with both barrels with child with each passing day with ease with every breath with everything with eyes closed with eyes open with flying colors with for some time With friends like that, who needs enemies? with good reason with guns blazing with impunity with knobs on with malice aforethought with my blessing with no strings attached with nose in the air with one hand tied behind back with open arms With or without? with own fair hands With pleasure with regard to with relish with respect to with tail between legs with the best of them with the best will in the world with the naked eye With whom do you wish to speak? With you in a minute withdraw withdraw from withdraw into withdraw into oneself wither wither away wither on the vine wither up			with impunity With Integrated Year Abroad with intent With Intent to Distribute With Interest with it with it with it with it with it with justice with justification with kid gloves with kitchen with knobs on with knobs on with knobs on with knobs on with knowledge with license With Life Contingencies With Lights and Sirens With Limited Liability With Little Information Given With Lots of Love with love With Love from Jesus With Love in Christ With Love, From Friends With Love, The Underground with malice aforethought With mark approval by Dentori or Japan Electrical Testing Laboratory with meager funds with means With might and main With Modification of Vertical Profile with money burning a hole in pocket with money burning a hole in pocket with money burning a hole in pocket with money burning a hole in pocket with money burning a hole in pocket with movement with movement With Much Pleasure with my blessing with myxomatous degeneration fibroma with myxomatous degeneration fibroma with myxomatous degeneration fibroma With New York Firefighters with no exception With No Loss of Generality with no mistake with no strings attached with nose in the air with nose in the air with nose in the air with nose in the air with nothing missing With Oden on Our Side With Onboard Audio With one accord

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