verb
- thinking about and planning something, especially a crime, beforehand
Usage: present participle of premeditate
Examples
- The detective suspected the suspect was premeditating the robbery for weeks.
- She was caught premeditating her escape from prison.
- The evidence showed he had been premeditating the attack.
- They spent months premeditating every detail of the heist.
- The lawyer argued that his client was not premeditating murder.
- Security cameras captured him premeditating the break-in.