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Pretext

Noun

Définitions

1.NounA false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
"The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint."
2.VerbTo employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
"The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods."
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