Definition of Intent
the purpose or reason for doing something
Examples of Intent in a sentence
When you walked in the store was it your intent to harm the salesclerk? 🔊
The intent of the nation’s missile test was to unnerve its neighboring country. 🔊
If the president’s intent was to reassure the people about the economy, he succeeded. 🔊
The mobster’s intent is to threaten the man into repaying his debts. 🔊
Because the defendant’s criminal intent wasn’t murder, he is only being charged with manslaughter. 🔊
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