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false pretences |
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false pretences Noun, pl under false pretences so as to mislead people about one's true intentions
Translations false pretences false npl under false pretences → unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He as good as told him that he'd come out under false pretences, that the whole affair was a swindle and that the road could not be made. He was planning to take advantage of the Hales' sympathy to obtain money from them on false pretences. In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good. |
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