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cui bono

American  
[kooi boh-noh, kwee boh-noh, kahy-] / kʊɪ ˈboʊ noʊ, ˈkwi ˈboʊ noʊ, ˈkaɪ- /
Latin.
  1. for whose benefit?

  2. for what use? of what good?


cui bono British  
/ kwiː ˈbəʊnəʊ /
  1. for whose benefit? for what purpose?

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The question you have to ask yourself is cui bono from the euro.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2016

It’s a cui bono problem of the first order.

From Forbes ● Nov. 25, 2014

The guard made the reasonable cui bono defense.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2011

Experts use the term "cui bono test" to know who could benefit from an act and be the perpetrator.

From Reuters ● Sep. 4, 2011

The conquest completed at the enormous waste of human life to the North and Northwest, with at least $250,000,000 added thereto, and cui bono?

From General Scott by Marcus Joseph Wright

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