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False pretense

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

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

  2. 2
    (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation wordnet

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