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What (who) is Motive - definition
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Motives; Motive (disambiguation); The Motive (disambiguation); The Motive
motive
(motives)
Your motive for doing something is your reason for doing it.
Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
...the motives and objectives of British foreign policy...
N-COUNT: oft N prep
motive
n. in criminal investigation the probable reason a person committed a crime, such as jealousy, greed, revenge or part of a theft. While evidence of a motive may be admissible at trial, proof of motive is not necessary to prove a crime.
motive
n.
1) to establish, find a motive
2) to question smb.'s motives
3) altruistic; base; honorable; humane; noble; selfish; ulterior motives; the highest motives (to have nothing but the highest motives)
4) the profit motive
5) an underlying motive
6) a motive behind, for (the police could not find a motive for the murder)
7) a motive to + inf. (she had no motive to commit the crime)
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Motive
Examples of use of Motive
1. His motive for doing it is immaterial as is his motive of attacking the others.
2. Mystery surrounded the motive behind the abduction.
3. The hijackers‘ motive remained unclear Saturday evening.
4. Investigators would not discuss a possible motive.
5. Mohammed Ibrahim said, suggesting a sectarian motive.