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pretence [prıˈtens] N

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When he returns, he is stopped outside the gates and is accused of starting a war under false pretences and plotting to seize the throne.
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Having received her precious jewelry on false pretences, he disappears without a trace.
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He was one of the better players on that 1927 internal tour, and nobody caught up with the fact he was there under false pretences.
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Cheat was a primitive version of the crime of false pretences and involved obtaining property by the use of false weights or measures.
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In 1913, he was struck off indefinitely and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for obtaining money by false pretences.
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In essence, she argued that war is not a successful problem solving mechanism and justifications for war are based on false pretences.
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