with malice aforethought

(humorous)

if you say that someone did something bad with malice aforethought, you mean that they intended to do it and it was not an accident

Usage notes: This is a legal phrase, but it is used humorously in general language.

She has certainly got me in trouble with my boss, but I'm not sure whether she did it with malice aforethought.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
EncarnaciÓN	en-kahr-nah-THYON (Spanish), en-kahr-nah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
CÁNdida	KAHN-dhee-dhah	Spanish
Harshal	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Sukhon	-	Thai
ChantÉ	-	English (Modern)
Helga	HEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian