"os fins justificam os meios" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|proverb}} os fins justificam os meios
  1. the end justifies the means (morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary)
    Sense id: en-os_fins_justificam_os_meios-pt-proverb-1li5FdO- Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese proverbs
     
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        "1": "pt",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "os fins justificam os meios",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the end justifies the means (morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary)"
      ],
      "id": "en-os_fins_justificam_os_meios-pt-proverb-1li5FdO-",
      "links": [
        [
          "the end justifies the means",
          "the end justifies the means"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "os fins justificam os meios"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "os fins justificam os meios",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese multiword terms",
        "Portuguese proverbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the end justifies the means (morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "the end justifies the means",
          "the end justifies the means"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "os fins justificam os meios"
}

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