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 Translation for 'ulterior motive' from English to French
NOUN   an ulterior motive | ulterior motives
arrière-pensée {f}ulterior motive
motif {m} [motivation, intention]motive
mobile {m} [motif]motive
comm.écon.fin.
souci {m} de rentabilité
profit motive
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Usage Examples English
  • They embody humanitarian action’s single-minded purpose of alleviating suffering, unconditionally and without any ulterior motive.
  • Liam's return story sees him arrive to Walford under the guise of supporting Tiffany but with an ulterior motive.
  • Mayor Findlay himself has an ulterior motive for hiring Tibbs: he wants to have some kind of record on civil rights to run for Congress, and hiring Tibbs to integrate the all-white Sparta police department would help to overcome the local squad's reputation of being racist and underskilled — and it also benefits him.
  • While battling Rose Wilson, Elise taunts her and claims that she must have an ulterior motive for joining the Teen Titans.
  • "We are not a label, so there's no ulterior motive for us.

  • The filed report states that "it transpires that the accused resorted to inter-connected transactions, so as to ensure that crime proceeds were distanced from its initial beneficiaries, and laundered the said proceeds under the cover of the corporate veil, with an ulterior motive to project the properties so acquired as untainted ones".
  • Ackerman invites Sweetscent to "Wash-35", a recreation of his boyhood native Washington DC in a simulated 1935 and his vacation getaway on Mars, where he announces an ulterior motive in the retreat.
  • Buchanan may have had an ulterior motive, such as to distract public opinion from the domestic concerns that afflicted his presidency.
  • Dunworthy has an ulterior motive in sending him to 1888, as another time traveler appears to have violated the laws of the continuum by bringing an object back from then to 2057.
  • The Pazzi's ulterior motive in building the chapel was probably to make their mark on the city of Florence and to emphasize their wealth and power.

  • As Static packs up his belongings, Cyborg and Rochelle have a conversation which reveals that they are lying to Static, and have an ulterior motive for taking the two Titans to Cadmus.
  • She tried to convince Belldandy to return to Heaven to resolve the bug problem and at the same time with the ulterior motive of alleviating her loneliness.
  • He finished third, garnering more than 15% percent of the vote, but was unable to achieve his ulterior motive, the defeat of Mayor Carter Harrison.
  • Lang suggests that one might conclude to an ulterior motive at the bridge, "to ingratiate himself with Darius so that he could be on the inside of the king's policy."
  • They always have an ulterior motive which they go to great lengths to conceal behind persuasive lies.

  • Lex Luthor hired Cain to frame Bruce Wayne for the murder of Vesper Fairchild, however Cain had an ulterior motive; determining whether or not Batman was worthy enough of raising Cassandra.
  • A dummy candidate is similar to a paper candidate in that both types do not expect to win their race; however, they differ in that a dummy candidate typically has an ulterior motive for being in the race, such as to dishonestly divert votes away from more legitimate candidates or to take advantage of benefits afforded to political candidates.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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