under false pretense
Example Sentences
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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
However, the real-time spread of information has also inflamed people under false pretense.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2020
Lying to obtain a visa to enter the U.S. under false pretense is illegal.
From Fox News ● Sep. 24, 2018
I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will never send our sons and daughters to war under false pretense or pretenses or into dubious battles with no end in sight.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2015
I can prove that your wife forcibly entered my apartment under false pretense, saying that she was collecting money for the war sufferers in Poland.
From The Film of Fear by Foster, Will
