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Plotting in advance, the difference between a tragedy and a project plan.
means Thinking through and intending an act before doing it, especially a crime.
from From Latin praemeditari, to consider beforehand, stitching prae (before) to meditari (to ponder) — the same root that gives us meditation, only with worse intentions.
Legal weightIt upgrades killing to first-degree murder.
Time mythCourts need only seconds of forethought, not hours.
Calm cousinShares roots with meditation and remedy.