cui bono
for whose benefit?
for what use? of what good?
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How to use cui bono in a sentence
He had adopted as his motto and watchword the fatal cui bono?
My New Curate | P.A. SheehanIt is the only probable conjecture on the cui bono of these arms that I can at present make.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William KirbyI conclude this Introduction by a brief allusion to the reasonable question which has been so often asked, cui bono?
The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism | A. Leah UnderhillIt is possible that certain captious persons may be disposed to inquire into the cui bono?
Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore CooperAnd I was merely reduced, as I am now, to a shrug of the shoulders, and a cui bono.
A Thin Ghost and Others | M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
British Dictionary definitions for cui bono
/ Latin (kwiː ˈbəʊnəʊ) /
for whose benefit? for what purpose?
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