improper purpose
C1CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
The exercise of a power to achieve an end other than that for which it was conferred.
The compulsory purchase was quashed as made for an improper purpose, namely to punish the objectors.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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