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A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason

A deceptive or insincere outward appearance

A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive

A lie or falsehood, or the act of lying or concocting a falsehood

A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense

An ambiguity or inadequacy in a set of rules that can be potentially exploited

To employ a pretext for soliciting the gain of something else

To provide an acceptable explanation for

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Noun

A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason

ostensible reason

supposed grounds

“It merely serves as a pretext to whip the country into a war frenzy and to justify the insertion of large numbers of troops.”

Noun

A deceptive or insincere outward appearance

smoke and mirrors

outward appearance

window-dressing

false appearance

misrepresentation

window dressing

pretentiousness

outward display

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“The mugging was merely the pretext for heavy-duty flirting between a dishy detective and Keelin, the lovelorn physiotherapist.”

Noun

A cunning trick or dishonest act with the intent to deceive

misrepresentation

confidence trick

confidence game

course of action

bait and switch

sleight of hand

hollow pretense

false pretension

monkey business

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

smoke and mirrors

immediate action

proposed action

palace intrigue

eye-catching novelty

oldest trick in the book

standard procedure

instrumentality

specious reasoning

artful argument

mode of conduct

method of working

mode of behaviour

surreptitiousness

vision statement

mission statement

series of steps

double-crossing

treacherousness

standard operating procedure

military science

guiding principle

every trick in the book

conscientiousness

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Noun

A lie or falsehood, or the act of lying or concocting a falsehood

trumped-up story

piece of fiction

flight of fancy

terminological inexactitude

little white lie

cock and bull story

departure from the truth

figment of the imagination

cock-and-bull story

poetic license^US

poetic licence^UK

alternative fact

misrepresentation

lack of veracity

one for the birds

deviation from the truth

prepared speech

disregard for the facts

economy with the truth

conspiracy theory

shaggy-dog story

figment of imagination

false statement

not a true picture

farfetched story

double entendre

quibbling routine

misleading statement

pussyfooting around

beating about the bush

suppressio veri

confusing statement

incredible story

unbelievable tale

exaggerated story

false information

mistaken belief

bending of the truth

fictitious story

misleading information

misinterpretation

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

unsound reasoning

twisting the facts

specious reasoning

overgeneral reasoning

castle in the air

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Noun

A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

why and wherefore

mitigating circumstances

ostensible reason

mental gymnastics

chief ingredient

whys and wherefores

principal element

line of reasoning

supporting evidence

the why and wherefore

point well taken

well-founded argument

good explanation

reason for existence

reasonable grounds

reasonable justification

school of thought

reason for being

reason for existing

justification for existing

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Noun

An ambiguity or inadequacy in a set of rules that can be potentially exploited

Verb

To employ a pretext for soliciting the gain of something else

“Witherow also admitted that his paper tried to pretext details of Brown's mortgage by calling the bank and posing as the former prime minister.”

Verb

To provide an acceptable explanation for

make a case for

provide a justification for

provide an explanation for

be a reason for

be a justification for

offer grounds for

be a defence of

give ground for

be good reason for

be deserving of

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