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Meanings of sinister motive in English

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Usage of sinister motive in English
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Such extensive purchases must surely have been prompted by some sinister motive.
My Days of Adventure / The Fall of France, 1870-71
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In this case, fortunately, the Capugi's visit had no sinister motive.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
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To the kindness he ascribed a sinister motive; and of course, Peéna's gratitude was misplaced.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
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Was it done intentionally and with sinister motive, or unconsciously and in plain good faith?
The Leavenworth Case
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For endeavoring to remove him to another place, with a certain sinister motive there specified.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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Jane, I'm alarmed and I know your sinister motive.
Jane Allen, Junior
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Or did it mask some deeper, more sinister motive?
The Treasure-Train
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He had some sinister motive in thus endeavouring to plant seeds of suspicion within her mind.
The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime
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And words failing him, he sought by a gesture to disclaim such a sinister motive for inaction.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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If he had had any sinister motive, he would not have spoken as frankly as he did.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
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Closely, but with no sinister motive, no trace of ill-feeling, she listened to all which they said.
Hetty's Strange History
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To China, there is another sinister motive involved, and this one impacts all US trade partners, including Africa.
The South African
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Not everything has a sinister motive!
News.com.au
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This contravention can also have a more sinister motive; corruption, fraud and nepotism are synonymous with gross irregular expenditure.
The South African
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It is not probable, however, that in this course the South acted with any mental reservation or sinister motive.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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He looked at me curiously, as though he suspected me of some sinister motive, and his black eyes glittered.
Roger Trewinion
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Sinister motive across language varieties
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