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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. false pretences: Collins English Dictionary
  2. false pretences: Vocabulary.com
  3. false pretences: Dictionary.com
  4. false pretences: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. False pretences: Legal dictionary

(Note: See false_pretence as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (False pretence)

noun:  (British spelling) Alternative spelling of false pretense. [A representation made of untrue assertions in order to convey a false impression.]
▸ Also see false_pretence


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