noun. The act of premeditating; previous deliberation; forethought; precogitation.

noun. Previous contrivance or design formed: as, the premeditation of a crime.

noun. The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

noun. The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially an intentional crime.

noun. planning or plotting in advance of acting

noun. (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent

"This is an aggravated offense, in that there was some level of premeditation in other words, not a random testosterone fueled engagement between two meatheads over a girl and due to the 6 on 1 engagement...again, not “boys being boys” but a beatdown."

malice aforethought  mens rea  planning  preparation  provision  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

charg  deceitfulness  discourtesy  double-dealing  faithlessness  

aforethought  calculatedness  calculation  caution  consideration