false pretense English

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false pretense

— noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

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false pretence

treason

treachery

traitorousness

subversiveness

stratagem

sham

sellout

positive fraud

perfidy

indirection

gyp

fraudulence

fraud in fact

fraud

frame-up

deception

deceit

chicanery

cheat

betrayal