English-Danish translations for ulterior motive

bagtankeDette spørgsmål ser bort fra to oplysninger, ofte med bagtanker. This question disregards two pieces of information, often for ulterior motives. Det er helt sikkert, at en amerikansk militærintervention ikke er blottet for bagtanker. Indeed, US military intervention is not without its ulterior motives. Som sædvanlig er der en bagtanke hermed. Det viser sig, at katastrofebistand skal gøres til et politisk anliggende. As usual, there is an ulterior motive at work here: it appears that disaster relief is to be politicised.

An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason

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