expedient englannista kaikille kielille - Sanakirja.org (englanti-*)

Kieli	Käännökset
bulgaria	средство (srédstvo), способ, начин, удобен, целесъобразен
hollanti	eenvoudig, snel, uitweg, uitgekookt, redmiddel, slimmigheid
italia	opportuno, espediente, escamotage, ripiego, marchingegno
japani	しょうけい (shiョukei / shōkei)
latina	expediō
norja	bekvemmelighet
portugali	conveniente
ranska	expédient, moyen, remède, propice, convenable, ressource, raisonnable, dispositif, opportun
ruotsi	ändamålsenlig, rådlig
saksa	Ausweg, Mittel, nützlich, Hilfsmittel, Nothilfe, zweckmäßig, ratsam, Ausflucht, Notlösung
suomi	neuvo, keino, apukeino, sopiva
tanska	opportun
turkki	uygun, yardımcı, münasip, yerinde
unkari	célszerű, célravezető
venäjä	простой (prostoi), приём (prijom), удобный (udobnyi), уловка (ulovka)

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.
It is expedient for you that I go away.
Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less.
But the Expedient, in the sense in which it is opposed to the Right, generally means that which is expedient for the particular interest of the agent himself; as when a minister sacrifices the interests of his country to keep himself in place.
His marches are expedient to this town.
He would never let her know that he was aware of the strange expedient to which she had been driven by her great distress.
Depressingly, [...] the expedient of importing African slaves was in part meant to protect the native American population from exploitation.

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