behest

IPA: bɪhˈɛst

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of.
(obsolete) A vow; a promise.

Examples of "behest" in Sentences

GM's Rick Wagoner ostensibly stepped down at the president's "behest," a euphemism for
Surely acting at the behest of Tehran, the Iraqi Prime Minister ordered the deadly assault.
So the idea that Congress passed the NASA authorization act at Griffin's behest is ludricous.
While the birthers and state-house hacks obsess over his convoluted neonatal underpinnings, far greater matters percolate at the President's behest.
He placed on the FPPC's website spreadsheets detailing so-called behest contributions, in which politicians funnel large donations to their pet charities from special interests.
The fact that the rest of the counrtry begrudges an interstate on-ramp, bridge or courthouse at Bob Byrd’s behest is galling considering how little has been spent on the region in the past.
An thou pass safely through this period, thou shalt win to high rank and succeed to thy sire’s reign; but an things go otherwise then the behest is with Allah from the beginning to the end thereof.
"Now they are saying that the post-mortem report was also doctored at Rathore's behest, which is totally wrong," she said, adding Girhotra did not inform the Panchkula police before taking his daughter to the PGI in Chandigarh.