"is fecit cui prodest" meaning in Latin

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Phrase

  1. Celui-ci l’a fait à qui cela profite.
    Sense id: fr-is_fecit_cui_prodest-la-phrase-0gMIjPd4 Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Exemples en latin à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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