Examples of 'motive' in a sentence
Meaning of "motive"
Motive is a reason for doing something, especially one that is hidden or not obvious
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- An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
- An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
- A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
- Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
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We would need a motive to placate the jury.
Motive and confession equals murder one.
My client had motive to kill the victim.
Motive is never the end of the story.
There is your motive for murder there.
My motive in coming here was to find the truth.
Jordan was the motive for kyle borden.
The motive of the attack remains unclear.
There is an interesting motive hidden here somewhere.
The motive is more personal than that.
Would certainly have motive to cover that up.
The motive of the private partner is profit.
Someone with clear motive and opportunity.
The motive in any kidnapping is defined by demands.
Now we have our motive for murder.
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Greed motive for youth engagement in violence.
Only you had a motive for murder.
Name a motive that would make me want to do it.
At least we had a motive for his murder.
The motive will kick it up a few notches.
You have another motive for doing this.
His motive for exposing my witness was malicious.
It looks like the motive was stealing stuff.
The motive is pretty clear in this case.
See if she had a motive to run away.
We could not figure out the motive.
Gives you motive to reconnect with him.
So we have a giant pile of money for motive.
But his motive was pretty strong too.
That sounds like a motive for murder.
He had a motive and he had the opportunity.
They can not figure out a motive.
A secondary motive must have been to revenge himself on me.
Then we will come to the real motive.
There is motive for homicide right there.
Sounds like she has a good motive.
As if the motive behind the murder was robbery.
Under that tent lies the motive.
By eliminating the motive and establishing an alibi.
Just imagine a hero without a genetic motive.
Dorothy had no motive to hide her affair.
There is no one else with any motive.
Will had no motive to murder your wife.
You must have some other motive.
I would say the motive would be embarrassment.
With psychopaths there is usually no linking motive.
I believe you have motive to see it fail.
I have not figured out the motive.
Perhaps that was a motive for his death.
The dissection may be designed to obfuscate motive.
