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false pretense

noun

Definitions

  1. A representation made of untrue assertions in order to convey a false impression.

    • She enrolled at the university under false pretenses, giving an invented birth date and lying about her qualifications.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for false pretense. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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