false pretense

English

Noun

false pretense (plural false pretenses)

representation of untrue facts
She enrolled at the university under false pretenses, giving an invented birth date and lying about her qualifications.

Translations

representation of untrue facts

Finnish: väärä peruste

Icelandic: falskar forsendur f pl, svik (is) n pl

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