false pretence
1false pretence — false claim, misleading show of something …
2false pretence — noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation • Syn: ↑false pretense • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑misdemeanor, ↑ …
3false colours — A false pretence • • • Main Entry: ↑colour …
4False pretenses — For the films, see False Pretenses (film). Criminal law …
5false pretense — noun (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation • Syn: ↑false pretence • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑misdemeanor, ↑ …
6pretence — (US pretense) ► NOUN 1) an act or the action of pretending. 2) affected and ostentatious behaviour. 3) (pretence to) a claim, especially a false or ambitious one …
7pretence — n. see also pretense simulation false show 1) to make a pretence (he made no pretence of being objective) 2) to see through smb. s pretence 3) under a pretence (under the pretence of patriotism; under false pretences) 4) without pretence (a… …
8pretence — (BrE) (AmE pretense) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ elaborate ▪ It was all an elaborate pretence. ▪ flimsy, slight ▪ There is not even the slightest pretence of trying to make it realistic …
9pretence — also pretense AmE noun (singular, uncountable) 1 an attempt to pretend that something is true (+ that): Susie abandoned the pretence that she didn t want to go to the party. | keep up the pretence of being/doing sth: How long are you going to… …
10pretence — pre|tence BrE pretense AmE [prıˈtens US ˈpri:tens] n [singular,U] 1.) a way of behaving which is intended to make people believe something that is not true pretence that ▪ the pretence that the old system could be made to work pretence of/at… …
