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- noun Plural form of
pretense .
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Examples
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Putting people into debt debt slavery/penury, especially under false pretenses, is wrong.
Matthew Yglesias » Too Many Lawyers, But Also Too Many Cartels 2010
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So — disguising yourself in the Darth Vader costume of the popular guy to have sex with his hot girlfriend under false pretenses is a sleazy, if not probably illegal move, but having seen the amount of crap heaped upon the nerds of Lambda Lambda Lambda by the jocks of Alpha Beta, you might forgive horn-rimmed nerd stereotype Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine).
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When multi millionaires continue to bilk ordinary working people of their nickels and dimes by asking them to give their money under false pretenses is simply deplorable.
Obama adds two superdelegates, one's a former Clinton backer 2008
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The whole fact that we got involved in the Iraq war underfalse pretenses is enough evidence of that.
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As Reason's Hit and Run commented, "leading your country to war under false pretenses is hiiiiii-larious."
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(You and I apparently disagree; I think the invasion of Iraq under false pretenses is more destructive to our national credibility than receiving a blowjob in the Oval Office.)
Think Progress » Bush Uncensored: President Uses Expletive During Chat At G8 Summit 2006
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Now that’s a fine attitude for a man who thinks invading a country and deposing its president on false pretenses is acceptable.
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Unthinkingly, I have laid myself open to the charge of aiding and abetting the seal cutter in obtaining money under false pretenses, which is forbidden by Section 420 of the Indian Penal
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889
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The little Eagle newspaper article has since been picked up by all kinds of military sites, because people want that fraud prosecuted under the Stolen Valor Act. Other commentators want the $300,000 annual salary returned to taxpayers, since he obtained the money by false pretenses, which is grand larceny.
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The little Eagle newspaper article has since been picked up by all kinds of military sites, because people want that fraud prosecuted under the Stolen Valor Act. Other commentators want the $300,000 annual salary returned to taxpayers, since he obtained the money by false pretenses, which is grand larceny.
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