pretext
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The findings of a second report — which reviewed pretext stops by officers from other units in January — are expected to be presented at an upcoming commission meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The man had been called into the local police station on the pretext of checking his personal data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
We narrowed the search for Jamal with several sources - one of them arranged a call with Jamal under a false pretext and recorded their conversation.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
We still see this in so many cases involving the Fourth Amendment, when police use the alleged smell of marijuana as a pretext for an illegal search.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
On some suitable pretext Whymper was led through the store-shed and allowed to catch a glimpse of the bins.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
No surprise, the panel agreed with him and concocted pretexts to kill the treatment—for instance, the staff opined that maybe biopsies had zapped the tumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He is facing his own criminal probe related to cost overruns during renovations of Fed properties - concerns he has called "pretexts".
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
He dismissed the possible threat of a criminal indictment over his testimony or the renovation project as "pretexts."
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
The pretexts are flimsy; due process is absent, and mistakes have already been made.
From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2025
He does, indeed, announce an allowance of 700l. a year, but soon after docks it of 200l. on the flimsiest and shabbiest pretexts.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery
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Animal Farm
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