Socialist economists have criticized the term as an ideologically motivated attempt to cast what is in their view the fundamental problems of capitalism as avoidable irregularities.

The White House angrily responded that the Starr report was a lurid and politically motivated attempt "intended to humiliate the President and force him from office."

But the Lib Dems will have to work hard to prove they are not joining an ideologically motivated attempt to shrink the state.

P.B.A. officials yesterday characterized the dissidents' demands as a politically motivated attempt to gain power within the 26,000-member union.

Gazprom's sponsorship has been seen by some analysts as a politically motivated attempt to buy friendship in Germany.

It was not clear whether today's attack was a politically motivated attempt to disrupt the elections or a criminal act to extort money from a Western aid organization.

I once defended a foreign trademark owner from a politically motivated attempt by the state of Wisconsin to challenge my client's rights in a certain mark.

Pataki aides dismiss the 20-month-old inquiry as a politically motivated attempt to embarrass the Governor.

Mr. Pirro also claimed that the federal investigation that led to the indictments was a politically motivated attempt to smear his wife.

Other sources, including Griffin himself, contradicted this saying that the action was a politically motivated attempt to silence his criticism at a [politically] sensitive time.