"false pretense" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: false pretenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} false pretense (plural false pretenses)
  1. Representation of untrue facts. Tags: US Synonyms: false pretence [UK] Translations (representation of untrue facts): väärä peruste (Finnish), falskar forsendur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), svik [neuter, plural] (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-false_pretense-en-noun-odrUfmfQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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