English Explanatory Dictionary

transferred intent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The situation where, when the intention to harm one party inadvertently causes a second party to be harmed instead, the perpetrator is still held responsible.

Word forms

transferred intent

Synonyms

transferred malice
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