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Discover LudwigThe phrase "acting with intent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone's actions are deliberate or purposeful, often in legal or ethical discussions.
Example: "The defendant was found guilty of acting with intent to deceive the investors."
Alternatives: "deliberately acting" or "purposefully engaging".
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The former, which means speaking or acting with intent to deceive, is often confused with the latter, which means putting something off.
The letter said that Ms. Parkhouse may have violated New York penal law on "criminal impersonation, an offense that includes acting with intent to cause another to rely upon pretended official authority".
But federal officials all the way up to the attorney general, Janet Reno, signed on to the charges, which accused Dr. Lee of acting with "intent to injure the United States, and with the intent to secure an advantage to a foreign nation".
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"This is not an individual who in my opinion was acting with noble intent," General Alexander said in an interview with George Stephanopoulos.
"They were acting with the intent to put corporate money into Texas legislative campaigns," the lead prosecutor, Gary Cobb, said in an interview.
The district attorney, Richard A. Brown, said the fan, Gregory Sweeney, 25, was not acting with criminal intent when he threw Rocker's toss back to the field during the Mets' 10-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves last Sunday.
My research in Botswana reveals a government fundamentally antagonistic to the human rights and welfare of the Bushmen minority, profoundly condescending and contemptuous of it, and acting with the intent to forcibly assimilate the Bushmen, undermine their cultural and social integrity, and render them dependent upon the government and its narrow economic and political interests.
But the investigators thought e-mails on the computer might include some from Clinton's first three months as Secretary of State that they had been unable to locate during the initial investigation, Comey said, and this was important because, "if there was evidence that she was acting with bad intent, that's where it would be, in the first three months".
Prosecutors rested their case Friday after trying to show that the six sheriff's officials were acting with the intent to block federal scrutiny of the jails and keep any investigation of misconduct within the department.
We need to be able to determine when those donors are acting with bad intent and frankly when a campaign or elected official may be knowingly allowing that kind of donation to occur intending to be influenced in some corrupt way".
Mr. Ablin did say, however, that "acting with the specific intent of causing prolonged mental harm" would be illegal under United States and international law.
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