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false pretense

NOUN

offense of false representation

Synonyms

WEAK

false colors false pretension feign hollow pretense pretension pretext

Example Sentences

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She had been through life’s fires and knew that when it’s a fit, it should not be based on any false pretense.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Eight crimes listed in the 1890 version of the provision - bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement and bigamy - remain as disqualifying offenses today.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2023

Twitter argues that Musk signed a contract to buy the company, and is using spam accounts as a false pretense to worm his way out of the deal.

From The Verge • Aug. 3, 2022

And this seems to be not even with a veneer of false pretense.

From Slate • May 25, 2021

“Well, all right, Tea Cake, Ah wants tuh go wid you real bad, but,—oh, Tea Cake, don’t make no false pretense wid me!”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston