under false pretense
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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
Any owner of one of these stones who hires it out should be prosecuted for getting money under false pretense, and then dealt with by the humane societies for engendering morbid and groundless fears.
From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by William Taylor Marrs
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