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

In short, Hegseth is a serious Christian nationalist, and there could be nothing more satisfying for him than to muster a fighting force to wage war against Muslims in a foreign land in the name of Jesus Christ.

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In recent years, several states have restricted foreign investment in the name of national security.

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The townspeople were objecting to local government taking private property and turning it over to a third party, in the name of some vague public purpose on which the town’s people had never voted.

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“Again, you’re doing extrajudicial killings in the name of a war on drugs.”

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For Ms Rághillíg, the memorial signals "closure" for the treatment she endured in the name of the ban, and will also help ensure the ban and its effects are remembered for future generations.

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