Usually means: Choosing the less harmful option.
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  1. The Lesser Evil (Brenner book), The Lesser Evil (disambiguation): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. the lesser evil: Legal dictionary

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  1. the lesser evil: Medical dictionary

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  1. the lesser evil: Idioms



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