To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
A motif.
An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything that prompts a choice of action.
Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
Relating to motion and/or to its cause
Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.