pretext

The reporter called the company under the 'pretext' of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.

Liittyvät sanat: false flag

Synonyymisanakirja

näköisyys, kaunistelu, väritys, pintakiilto, tekosyy, veruke, teeskentely, näytteleminen, viivytys.

englanti

veruke

tekosyy A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.

The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.

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To 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.