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pretexts <a pretext; pretexts> N

pretexts

pretexts

pretexts

seek pretexts or excuses VB (make, use)

flimsy pretext POL

on the pretext of

on the pretext that

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English
He formed a violent gang that spent most of its time repeatedly terrorising his former shipmates on various pretexts.
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It was seized upon as the first of several pretexts to shove him out the door.
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He often refused, under various pretexts, to pay the venue hire charge.
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