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• v  consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand
  premeditated murder
• v  think or reflect beforehand or in advance
• a  characterized by deliberate purpose and some degree of planning
  a premeditated crime

• Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait or any other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious and premeditated killing .
• Instead, all signs point to premeditated depravity.
• But the result was a harsh surprise: the second set of judges found no evidence of rape, convicted Balabagan of premeditated murder and sentenced her to death.

• premeditate

• unpremeditated

News & Articles

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• Authorities: DNA on cigarette butt solves murders of Pierson men
  Marion County sheriff's investigators have charged Martinez with premeditated first-degree murder in the deaths of Javier Huerta and Gustavo Olivares-Rivas.
  June 13, 2013 - Daytona Beach News-Journal
• Police Threatened After Cop's Ambush
  A small Kentucky police department has recieved threats after one of their officers was killed in a "premeditated" ambush.        
  June 12, 2013 - ABC News
• Police Chief Says Santa Monica Killings Premeditated; Gunman Had 1,300 Rounds of Ammo
  Police chief says Santa Monica killings premeditated; gunman had 1,300 rounds of ammo        
  June 8, 2013 - ABC News

Quotes

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• Wen Jiabao in Reuters.fr
  There is ample fact and plenty of evidence proving this incident was organized, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique,Wen told a news conference. "This has all the more revealed the consistent claims by the Dalai...
• George Karl in USA Today
  There's no question in my mind it was premeditated,said Karl, whose team now faces an even tougher time making the playoffs. "He made a bad situation worse. He's a jerk for what he's trying to do."