PRETEXT

Pretext

A pretext is an excuse to do something or say something that is not accurate. Pretexts may be based on a half-truth or developed in the context of a misleading fabrication. Pretexts have been used to conceal the true purpose or rationale behind actions and words.

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pretext

Noun

  1. A false, contrived or assumed purpose; a pretense.
    The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.

Verb

  1. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
    The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.


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