pretext

Meaning of pretext

noun
  1. 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.
verb
  1. 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.

Information about pretext

  • The plural form of pretext is: pretexts.
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Hyphenation of pretext

pre-text

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • pretext is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

pretext synonyms

Meaning guise:

guise, pretense, pretence

Meaning :

blag

Translation of pretext

Words that rhyme with pretext

text, subtext, teletext, ConText, OpenText, context, intext, plaintext, spintext, protext, videotext, Urtext, ciphertext, hypertext, intertext, martext, urtext, Fastext

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