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false pretense

noun as in offense of false representation

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Similarly opaque is misdemeanor crime 18 U.S.C. 1036—“entry by false pretense.”

“I have been arousing your sympathy by false pretense,” he said, and the laughter in his voice demanded a real effort.

These he scorned the more bitterly for their false pretense, demanding plain meat and a lot of it.

Yet she had a curious feeling within her, as if she was here under some kind of false pretense.

The Duchess said she was certain that the sage Merlin would not tolerate any such false pretense.

The false pretense must stop of spending money on waterways merely as a club to lower railroad rates.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to false pretense, such as: false colors, false pretension, feign, hollow pretense, pretension, and pretext.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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