in the name of

1. By the authority of, as in Open up, in the name of the law! [Late 1300s]

2. On behalf of, as in She made a donation in her daughter's name . [Late 1300s]

3. ; . With appeal to, as in In the name of God, stop that noise! or What in heaven's name are you doing? [c. a.d. 900]

4. Under the designation of, as in They burned witches at the stake in the name of piety . [Late 1300s]

5. Under the possession or ownership of, as in The certificate of ownership was rightfully in my name . [Mid-1900s]

6. in one's own name . On one's own behalf, as in Mary signed the check for John in her own name . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

“Of course not. The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest.’”

From Salon

With three decades in the late-night circuit, Letterman never shied from mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people,” he said, “rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy — not once were we squeezed by anyone from any government agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some in the party have justified this weakness in the name of bipartisanship and being “the adults in the room.”

From Salon

And America’s largest institutions, from its sports leagues to its universities, play along with this farce in the name of national unity.

From Salon

Right-wing organizations are running a data collection campaign in the name of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist killed last week.

From Salon

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