under false pretences

if you do something under false pretences, you do it when you have lied about who you are or what you are doing The police charged him with obtaining money under false pretences.

See sail under false colours

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chibuzo	-	Western African, Igbo
Torvald	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Mai (1)	-	Vietnamese
Noble	['nəubl]
Lavinia	[lə'viniə]
Salome	sə-LO-mee (English), SAH-lə-may (English)	English, German, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek