under false pretences



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
See also: false

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tasia-Greek
Gennadygye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-deeRussian
Arkhip-Russian
Ganesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Nepali
Izar-Basque
Ige-Western African, Yoruba