1.
[syn: premeditation, forethought]
2. (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Premeditation \Pre*med`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. praemeditatio: cf. F.
pr['e]m['e]ditation.]
The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous
deliberation; forethought.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
premeditation
n 1: planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn:
premeditation, forethought]
2: (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance
of the crime; goes to show criminal intent
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "premeditation":
aforethought, calculatedness, calculation, caution, deliberateness,
deliberation, express intention, expressness, forethought,
frame-up, intentionality, packed deal, packed jury, planning,
plotting, prearrangement, preconcertedness, preconsideration,
predeliberation, predetermination, preordering, preresolution,
put-up job, rigged jury, scheming, setup, stacked deck