English-Swedish translations for ulterior motive

baktankeenFrågan förbiser två saker, ofta med en baktanke.This question disregards two pieces of information, often for ulterior motives. Som vanligt finns det en baktanke med detta: det verkar som om katastrofhjälp ska politiseras.As usual, there is an ulterior motive at work here: it appears that disaster relief is to be politicised. Men det kan ju förhålla sig så att han undantagsvis har en baktanke med sina formuleringar och vill ställa till med problem för mig.It could well be, though, that, for a change, he had an ulterior motive for the form of words he had drafted and wanted to make my life difficult.

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

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