| Front | cui bono \KWEE BOH-noh\ |
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| Back | noun To whose benefit? [From Latin, literally, to whose advantage? Earliest documented use: 1604. Cui bono is the idea that the responsibility for an act can usually be determined by asking who stands to gain as a result of the act. It's first recorded in a speech by Cicero attributing it to the Roman consul Lucius Cassius. If he were speaking today he would say: Follow the money.] "Cui bono? Surprise, surprise, it's the banks." - Carol Hunt; Debt Would Be a Release Next to This Travesty; Irish Independent (Dublin, Ireland); Jan 29, 2012. |
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