pretext
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Filmon Eyob, a co-ordinator within Nairobi's Eritrean community, agrees with concerns that the crackdown order will be used as pretext to harass foreigners.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The audit found that gang units citywide routinely flouted the department’s rules on pretext stops, including by often failing to obtain proper consent to search vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“As we did before, we will challenge this latest pretext and preserve her position and the historic role of the Fed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
The Spaniards counteracted this threat by inventing a pretext to seize the tlatoani in his own palace, making him first their captive and then their puppet.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
He has previously accused Russian authorities of "fabricating new pretexts to restrict Russians' access to Telegram".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
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 dismissed the possible threat of a criminal indictment over his testimony or the renovation project as "pretexts."
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
In Philadelphia, for example, after the aforementioned drop in citations, the city decided to phase out police enforcement of minor traffic violations, including dubious pretexts like “rearview mirror decorations.”
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
The dispositions of his Catholic Majesty, and the candor of your Excellency, will leave no pretexts for misrepresentations.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various
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