A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense. Example: The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else. Example: The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.
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