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词汇 false pretences
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Definition of false pretences in English:

false pretences

plural noun
  • Behaviour intended to deceive others.

    欺骗行为

    he obtained money by false pretences

    他靠行骗赚钱。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the time, he had 30 convictions for fraud, false pretences and impersonation dating back 15 years.
    • The charges put to the accused yesterday include the falsification of accounts, acquiring money under false pretences and failing to keep records.
    • He was sentenced last month at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to 47 counts of fraud, forgery and false pretences.
    • This was in a matter in which three CBU students are charged with 40 counts of obtaining money by false pretences.
    • If you have already brought tickets please get a refund as they have been sold under false pretences.
    • I think that he should hand back the £800,000 as it has been received under false pretences, or keep it and use it to do something about the situation and improve our lives by keep us moving.
    • They are looking for nine Bangladeshi nationals who disappeared after obtaining Irish visas under false pretences.
    • It is investigating claims that the money was spent on an equestrian centre, a volleyball team, private dinners and parties and frequent travel under false pretences.
    • In my 17 years as a professional player, I have experienced countless occasions when players have succeeded in obtaining a decision from the referee under false pretences and with malice aforethought.
    • In June, he pleaded guilty to 47 charges, including 32 of fraudulently converting client funds, 11 of forgery and four of obtaining funds under false pretences.
    • Officers will even be able to help consumers who have bought computers under false pretences - by proving, for example, that the computer advertised as having a five gigabyte memory actually has nothing of the sort.
    • For example, at a job interview most of us have no qualms about behaving in a way which we know will impress the interviewer, even if this involves a certain amount of false pretences and acting on our part.
    • She made her final court appearance in Auckland in 1931 facing five charges of obtaining money on false pretences.
    • Detained without trial for several months, his sentence for obtaining money under false pretences was eventually reduced to three months.
    • The leader of Fife Council, one of the backers, said public money may have been paid out under false pretences.
    • There never was a plan for our money and we have been taxed on false pretences.
    • ‘There are some players in that dressing room earning money by false pretences,’ said Kelly.
    • He said: ‘The people who run these businesses are making money under false pretences and this practice should be stopped.’
    • In addition, we object to the principle of extracting money by false pretences, and I have already begun spreading the word to those that matter.
    • Two months later he was arrested by the local police for ‘obtaining money by false pretences and theft’.
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