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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expedient /ɪkˈspiːdɪənt, ɛk-/

▶adjective

1 convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

2 suitable or appropriate.

▶noun a means to an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper.

– derivatives
expedience noun,
expediency noun,
expediently adverb.

– origin ME: from L. expedient-, expedire (see expedite).

'expedient' also found in these Oxford entries:

compromise - fiction - policy

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