Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: false pretences

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Usage examples:

Andrew Bridgen accused the of kicking him out "under false pretences" and said he will stand again at the next election.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/midlands-mp-expelled-party-after-26786552

“And we need to say to people that if you’re going to come to Ireland with a false story or on false pretences, we will try to prevent you from entering in first place, and after that we will make sure that your application is dealt with quickly.”

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/02/12/varadkar-highlights-difficulties-in-returning-people-after-asylum-is-refused/

Based on the film starring Jack Black, the musical focuses on a down-on-his-luck rocker who (under false pretences) turns his class of students into a rock band.

Source: https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/8166627/chip-off-the-old-rock-as-families-perform-together-for-blue-mountains-musical-society/?src=rss

He added: “The suspect was, however, charged to court on Monday for obtaining goods by false pretences and fraud to the tune of N26.7 million.”

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/police-arrest-cameroonian-in-lagos-for-alleged-n26-7m-fraud/

If even the most conservative estimates are correct, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the bulk of which was carried out under false pretences and coercive mandates, constitutes the greatest crime ever committed against humanity.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/vasko-kohlmayer/covid-vaccines-the-great-travesty-against-mankind/

She appeared at Dorset Assizes as Louisa Annie Grimes charged with obtaining goods under false pretences and was sentenced to four months’ hard labour.

Source: https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/23562040.hampshire-cork-legged-swindler-sherfield-english/?ref=rss

Sophia and 20 year-old Fanny Goodchild were both accused of obtaining, by false pretences, a threepenny loaf of bread from a shop in Church Street, Whitby in October 1872.

Source: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23684046.ray-lonsdale-sculpture-installed-northallerton-treadmills/?ref=rss