Definitions from Wiktionary (pretext)
▸ noun: A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
▸ verb: To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
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▸ noun: A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
▸ verb: To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
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pretence,
guise,
stalking-horse,
pretense,
prætence,
pretextuality,
pretexture,
pretention,
pretender,
presupposition,
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slightest,
merest,
plausible,
convenient,
flimsiest,
specious,
good,
false,
sufficient,
decent,
frivolous
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