false pretense

1. 1.

   (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation

   Synonymsfalse pretence

   Broadermisdemeanor

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Questions about false pretense

What does false pretense mean?

false pretense means "(law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation".

What is another word for false pretense?

Close synonyms include false pretence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is false pretense a common word?

false pretense is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.