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False pretence

noun
1.
(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation.  Synonym: false pretense.






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"False pretence" Quotes from Famous Books



... going to give a big surprise to Bulldog, so the boys, during those weeks treated their fathers with obsequious respect for commercial reasons, and coaxed additional pennies out of their mothers on every false pretence, and paid endearing visits to maiden aunts, and passed Mrs. McWhae's shop, turning away their eyes and noses from vanity, and sold to grinding capitalists their tops, marbles, young rabbits, and kites; and "as sure as death" every Monday the ...
— Young Barbarians • Ian Maclaren

... Shame never yet could pass, Nor on the surface of his skin Blush for that guilt which dwelt within. How often, in contempt of laws, To sound the bottom of a cause, To search out every rotten part, And worm into its very heart, 300 Hath he ta'en briefs on false pretence, And undertaken the defence Of trusting fools, whom in the end He meant to ruin, not defend! How often, e'en in open court, Hath the wretch made his shame his sport, And laugh'd off, with a villain's ease, Throwing up briefs, and keeping ...
— Poetical Works • Charles Churchill



Words linked to "False pretence" :   law, false pretense, infraction, misdemeanor, infringement, jurisprudence, misdemeanour, violation



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