All 15 Uses
motive
in
Naked in Death
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- But if you could assist me, your motives for the inquiry?†
Chpt 1motives = reasons for doing something
- I'm inquiring into the motives for the murder of DeBlass.†
Chpt 1
- Motive.†
Chpt 4motive = reason (for doing something)
- The murder of a licensed companion, the only daughter of friends, the only granddaughter of one of the country's most outspoken and conservative legislators, by a banned "Motive," she concluded, settling again.†
Chpt 4 *
- And if his own arrogance could be taken into account, he had the motive.†
Chpt 4
- We have different methods of investigation, and a whole new batch of motives.†
Chpt 6motives = reasons for doing something
- But the diary changed things and made blackmail a new and intriguing motive.†
Chpt 8motive = reason (for doing something)
- It's difficult to come up with one specific motive from such general and sketchy information.†
Chpt 9
- You found your motive.†
Chpt 9
- Twentieth-century weapons, twentieth-century crimes, with twentieth-century motives?†
Chpt 10motives = reasons for doing something
- We have possible motive as blackmail, and a list of suspects.†
Chpt 11motive = reason (for doing something)
- In those diaries, Eve was convinced, was a motive for murder.†
Chpt 13
- Hardly murderous motives.†
Chpt 16motives = reasons for doing something
- Regardless of the motive, it will be necessary for you to explain the discrepancy in your books.†
Chpt 17motive = reason (for doing something)
- Your reputation, and your motives will come under close scrutiny after your death.†
Chpt 19motives = reasons for doing something
Definitions:
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(1)
(motive as in: What is her motive?) a reason for doing something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, motive can refer to something that causes motion in an inanimate object. Even less commonly, it can refer to a distinctive feature in music, art, or literature.