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Excuse to do or say something that is not accurate
A pretext (adj.: pretextual) is a false reason for an action given to conceal the true motivation. A person may give a pretext because if others understood
Pretext
Type of social engineering attack
Pretexting, known in the UK as blagging, is a type of social engineering attack that involves a situation, or pretext, created by an attacker in order
Pretexting
Act or event that provokes or is used to justify war
wars". A casus belli intentionally based on inaccurate facts is known as a pretext. This section outlines a number of the more famous and/or controversial
Casus_belli
Psychological manipulation in information security
bank account details. Pretexting, also known in the UK as blagging, is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (the pretext) to engage a targeted
Social_engineering_(security)
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies is a 2004 book by journalist James Bamford that takes a highly critical
A_Pretext_for_War
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs/ AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books
Aldous_Huxley
American serial killer (1942–1994)
lure a victim to his home and dupe them into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his captive
John_Wayne_Gacy
Brief detainment by police in the United States
related to drug possession, and uses a minor traffic infringement as a pretext to stop the driver. In the case of Whren, the defense used a "would-have"
Terry_stop
German diplomat (1909–1938)
1938 by a Polish Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which was used as a pretext for Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass" on 9–10 November 1938. Historians
Ernst_vom_Rath
1962 proposed U.S. false flag operation against American citizens
National Security Archive on 30 April 2001. Responding to a request for pretexts for military intervention by the Chief of Operations of the Cuba Project
Operation_Northwoods
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
for Sudeten Germans from the Czechoslovak government, thus providing a pretext for German military action against Czechoslovakia. In April 1938, Henlein
Adolf_Hitler
Country in Southeast Asia
insurgency, the United States used the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident as a pretext for increasing its contribution of military advisers. US forces became
Vietnam
1992 atrocity by police against the villagers of Vachathi, Tamil Nadu, India
smuggled sandalwood and to gather information about Veerappan. Under the pretext of conducting a search, the team ransacked the villagers' property, destroyed
Vachathi_case
international observers suggested that the espionage claims were a baseless pretext for fulfilling a long-held ambition to reduce the Afghan population and
2025 Afghan deportation from Iran
2025_Afghan_deportation_from_Iran
American sci-fi TV series (2015–2019)
Heydrich to confirm what Smith has suspected, a conspiracy to create a pretext for war with and extermination of the Japanese. Smith executes Heydrich
The Man in the High Castle (TV series)
The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)
1944 Ailanthus-class net laying ship
to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in August 1944. Commissioned as HMS Pretext (Z284), she served the United Kingdom until she was returned to United
HMNZS_Endeavour_(1944)
1931–32 invasion of China prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War
incident, a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext to invade. At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria
Malware program
account login information and banking codes. It has also been used as a pretext by scammers whom claim that their victim has been affected by this malware
Tiny_Banker
Wooden lattice tower in Gliwice, Poland
Germany staged a false flag attack on the tower in 1939, which was used as a pretext for invading Poland, beginning World War II. The Gliwice Radio Tower is
Gliwice_Radio_Tower
Corporate information leak investigation
recruited private investigators who used a spying technique known as pretexting. The pretexting involved investigators impersonating HP board members and nine
Hewlett-Packard spying scandal
Hewlett-Packard_spying_scandal
1756 siege during the Seven Years' War
After he became Nawab he began searching for a pretext to drive the company from his lands. The first pretext centered around Kissendass, the son of a high-ranking
Siege_of_Calcutta
Group of loosely affiliated 9/11 conspiracy theorists
Motives suggested by the movement include the use of the attacks as a pretext to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to create opportunities to curtail
9/11_truth_movement
Habsburg monarch from 1848 to 1916
Empire Hungarian Revolutionary Army Kingdom of Hungary Russian Empire Pretext April Laws Major battles Pákozd Schwechat Mór Kápolna Battles of Komárom
Franz_Joseph_I
British true crime documentary
emotionally manipulated into financially supporting his lavish lifestyle on the pretext he needed the money to escape his "enemies". An Israeli man, born Shimon
The_Tinder_Swindler
Whistleblower and NSA contractor (born 1983)
permitted temporary leave from his position at the NSA in Hawaii, on the pretext of receiving treatment for his epilepsy. In mid-May, Snowden gave an electronic
Edward_Snowden
Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979
000 innocent protesters were massacred by Zionists," which gave him a pretext to reject any further compromise with the government. The Shah was horrified
Iranian_Revolution
1939–1945 global conflict
saw as the country's right to rule Asia, staged the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade Manchuria and establish the puppet state of Manchukuo. China
World_War_II
Fictional character from My Little Pony
appeared in the School of Friendship library organizing books on shelves as a pretext to spy on her fellow students' conversations. While the backstory of Cozy
Cozy_Glow
Ottoman prince
release Orhan as a challenger unless the tribute money might've provided a pretext for the siege Constantinople, although preparations for the siege had already
Orhan_Çelebi
King of England from 1413 to 1422
such pressure could have been brought to bear. Beneath these immediate pretexts lay the old dynastic claim to the French throne first pursued by Edward
Henry_V_of_England
Indian actor, comedian (born September 1952)
to the police, they were also plotting to kidnap Shakti Kapoor on the pretext of inviting him to an event, but the deal fell through due to a high advance
Shakti_Kapoor
Indian Koyla Chor (born 1987)
the residence of ex West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the pretext of its being the Party office of Trinamool Congress. Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
Abhishek_Banerjee_(politician)
World's fair held in Brussels, Belgium
Brussels overall. Expo 58 left a deep impression on Belgium. It was also the pretext for major upheavals and works in Brussels, whose boulevards were transformed
Expo_58
Political philosophy emphasising social ownership of production
Socialism. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674339460. Roosa, John (2006). Pretext for Mass Murder: 30 September Movement and Suharto's Coup d'État in Indonesia
Socialism
Misogynistic online harassment campaign
disaffected voices in an act of continual regeneration, cycling through targets, pretexts, manifestoes, and moralisms". Polygon's Grant said that as of October 2014
Gamergate
1989 murder of Japanese high school girl
attack in the middle of December, Furuta was beaten by the group, on the pretext that Miyano had stepped on a puddle of her urine, after which he burned
Murder_of_Junko_Furuta
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
Alexander II (r. 1855–1881). However, his assassination in 1881 served as a pretext for further repression, such as the May Laws of 1882. Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Antisemitism
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
charges of Iraqi resistance to U.N access to suspected weapons were the pretext for crises between 1997 and 1998, culminating in intensive U.S. and British
Saddam_Hussein
1993 Indian film
treatment for her father. He continues to come to her house often, more on the pretext of seeing her than her father. Eventually, they get married. Years pass
Maya_Memsaab
1676 Russian military expedition
from power. The campaign ended in a Doroshenko's surrender and became a pretext for the Chyhyryn campaigns of 1677 and 1678. The Russian forces and the
Chyhyryn_campaign_(1676)
1814 painting by Francisco de Goya
first-hand the French occupation of Spain in 1808, when Napoleon used the pretext of reinforcing his army in Portugal to seize the Spanish throne, leaving
The_Second_of_May_1808
19th-century Russian grand duke
brother Nicholas became tsar in 1825. The succession controversy became the pretext of the Decembrist revolt. Konstantin was known to eschew court etiquette
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
Grand_Duke_Konstantin_Pavlovich_of_Russia
2003–2011 conflict in Iraq
2004 that the occupation of Iraq had become "a potent global recruitment pretext" for Mujahideen and that the invasion "galvanised" al-Qaeda and "perversely
Iraq_War
2018 film directed by Mike Leigh
was peaceful but the armed government militias charged the crowd on the pretext of an attempt to arrest a leader of the meeting. The behaviour of the crowd
Peterloo_(film)
Systematic campaign in the Ottoman Empire
Armenians expected to be killed, but if they refused, it would provide a pretext for massacres. Armenians fortified themselves in Van and repelled the Ottoman
Armenian_genocide
Roman reformer and plebeian tribune in 88 BC
kindled the deadly rivalry between Gaius Marius and Sulla, and provided the pretext for Sulla's unexpected march on Rome. Publius Sulpicius Rufus was probably
Publius_Sulpicius_Rufus
President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
nullification: "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question"
Andrew_Jackson
1644 naval battle
stopped at the Venetian Kingdom of Candia on the way; this was used as a pretext for the decades-long Cretan War which broke out between the Ottomans and
Action_of_28_September_1644
1995 film by Bryan Singer
Keaton was actually Keyser Söze: he organized the assault on the boat as a pretext for assassinating Marquez and faking his death. Verbal finally confesses
The_Usual_Suspects
Subset of artificial intelligence
Misra, Ishan; Maaten, Laurens van der (2020). Self-Supervised Learning of Pretext-Invariant Representations. 2020 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision
Machine_learning
1611 oath of allegiance by Mickail Shuisky of Russia to the Polish King Sigismund III
support, he concluded a pact of alliance with Sweden. This event became the pretext for yet another Polish expedition to Russia. On June 24, 1610, the Russian
Shuysky_Tribute
Roman emperor from 117 to 138
Septicius Clarus, was dismissed for the same alleged reason, perhaps a pretext to remove him from office. Hadrian spent the winter of 122/123 at Tarraco
Hadrian
Topics referred to by the same term
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pretense or pretence may refer to: pretext pretexting (social engineering) "Pretense" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate
Pretense
2000 Indian film
dissuade Amar from marrying Seema using a pretext but Amar is adamant and marries Seema. Soon he learns Rajiv's pretext was a way of separating him and Seema
Karobaar
Sultan of Bijapur from 1656 to 1672
Bijapur Kingdom. Shah Jahan, anxious to annex Bijapur to his empire, found a pretext in the legitimacy of Ali's parents. On Aurangzeb’s plea, Shah Jahan sanctioned
Ali_Adil_Shah_II
German state from 1525 to 1947
of the Reich deposed the Prussian government on 20 July 1932, under the pretext that the latter had lost control of public order in Prussia (during the
Prussia
Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946
mainly among higher-ranking officers. This inevitably provided a convenient pretext for the settling of personal vendettas or to eliminate competition by officers
Red_Army
German state from 1918 to 1933
political violence that took place during the Reichstag election campaign as a pretext, he ousted the SPD-led coalition government of Prussia in the Prussian
Weimar_Republic
German state from 1933 to 1945
March 1936 Hitler used the Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance as a pretext to order the army to march 3,000 troops into the demilitarised zone in
Nazi_Germany
Later Jin khan Hong Taiji invaded Ming territory in Liaoning under the pretext of illegal construction on Later Jin territory. The Later Jin founder Nurhaci
Battle_of_Ning-Jin
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
spaces, restrooms, and cafeterias. Many agencies used segregation as a pretext to adopt a whites-only employment policy, claiming they lacked facilities
Woodrow_Wilson
Indian politician (born 1957)
way Brij Bhushan used to touch their breasts and stomach sexually on the pretext of checking their breath, in a police complaint on 21 April 2023. One of
Brij_Bhushan_Sharan_Singh
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
status), of which Hitler granted only 12. Anthony Gottlieb writes that the pretext was that their paternal grandfather had been the bastard son of a German
Ludwig_Wittgenstein
1931 Japan false flag railway explosion
incident was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. On September 18, 1931, Lieutenant
Mukden_incident
Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975
Communist coup d'état as well a pretended state of "social chaos" became pretexts for a coup. Franco himself along with General Emilio Mola had stirred an
Francisco_Franco
1542 siege
Yorishige. Suwa was escorted back to the provincial capital of Kōfu under "the pretext of safe conduct, but he was then forced to commit suicide." Turnbull, Stephen
Siege_of_Kuwabara
Juvenile exploratory play
originates from children using the pretend roles of doctor and patient as a pretext for such an examination. However, whether or not such role-playing is involved
Playing_doctor
President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
Kandil, without Nasser's authorization, Amer used the Soviet warnings as a pretext to dispatch troops to Sinai on 14 May, and Nasser subsequently demanded
Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
Machine learning paradigm
learns in two steps. First, the task is solved based on an auxiliary or pretext classification task using pseudo-labels, which help to initialize the model
Self-supervised_learning
2024 film by S.K. Dale
She eventually seduces a reluctant Nick and the two have sex, under the pretext of relieving his stress. Meanwhile, Nick faces workplace tensions as robots
Subservience
Covert operation designed to deceive
enemy nations or terrorists, thus giving the nation that attacked itself a pretext for domestic repression or foreign military aggression (as well as to engender
False_flag
Theatre of military operations during World War II
mines left by retreating Soviet soldiers, and the Germans used this as a pretext to take revenge on the local Jews, whom the explosions were blamed on.
European theatre of World War II
European_theatre_of_World_War_II
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 (H109-4709) prohibits pretexting to buy, sell or obtain personal phone records, except when conducted by
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006
Telephone_Records_and_Privacy_Protection_Act_of_2006
Practice and advocacy of social nudity
as documentaries of the naturist lifestyle. In fact this was largely a pretext to exploit a loophole in censorship laws restricting the exhibition of
Naturism
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
daytime in some rural settings from May to the end of October under the pretext of fieldwork requirements. Non-fulfillment of these regulations by clergy
Nikita_Khrushchev
19th century French diplomat in Algiers
Algiers, and the diplomatic slights he received while there, which gave a pretext to the French invasion of Algiers in 1830. Deval was a member of a family
Pierre_Deval_(diplomat)
1830 campaign of the French conquest of Algeria
in 1827, the so-called 'Fan Affair' ('Fly Whisk Incident'), served as a pretext to initiate a blockade against the port of Algiers. After three years of
Invasion_of_Algiers_(1830)
Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)
all hopes of finding a peaceful solution gone, Caesar used Antony as a pretext for marching on Rome. As tribune, Antony's person was sacrosanct, so it
Mark_Antony
American serial killer
various suburbs, before moving to Aurora in 1978. On March 6, 1979, on the pretext of selling marijuana, Lindahl lured 20-year-old Annette Lazar into his
Bruce_Lindahl_(criminal)
King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830
power with the other. Possibly using the failure of the two peers as a pretext, George immediately reappointed the Perceval administration, with Lord
George_IV
1993 novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
human colony leader starts bombing the octospider city under a made-up pretext and the octospiders retaliate, the situation becomes dire enough that Rama's
Rama_Revealed
German engineer and senior Nazi figure (1891–1942)
with OT murdered many of the forced laborers (especially Jews) on the pretext of eliminating security risks or as a component of the Nazi genocidal programme
Fritz_Todt
Dispatch of Japanese military forces to the Russian Far East
Japanese military forces on the Russian Maritime Provinces, as part of a pretext by larger effort by western powers and Japan to support White Russian forces
Japanese intervention in Siberia
Japanese_intervention_in_Siberia
Emperor of China (1908–1912) and of Manchukuo (1934–1945)
Railroad company and blamed the warlord Marshal Zhang Xueliang. On this pretext the Kwantung Army began a general offensive with the aim of conquering
Puyi
2023 Canadian political scandal
justifications for waging war in Ukraine, which had been started under a pretext of "denazification", among other stated reasons. Rota resigned as speaker
Yaroslav_Hunka_scandal
Species of gastropod
Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The length
Amoria_praetexta
President and dictator of Uganda since 1986
January. In June 2021, 44 people were arrested at an LGBT center, with the pretext of violating COVID SOPs. In July 2022, Museveni hosted Russian Foreign
Yoweri_Museveni
Political party in Iran
were executed. The Iranian government used the MEK's failed invasion as a pretext for the mass execution of those "who remained steadfast in their support
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
People's_Mojahedin_Organization_of_Iran
French colony and later territory in Northern Africa from 1830 to 1962
also ordered a large-scale attack on Algiers between 1682 and 1683 on the pretext of assisting and rescuing enslaved Christians, usually Europeans taken
French_Algeria
Athenian statesman and general (c.-495,-429)
safety after the defeat in Egypt and the revolts of the allies, or as a pretext to gain control of the League's finances, Athens transferred the treasury
Pericles
1121–1269 Berber empire in North Africa and Iberia
coast of Ifriqiya, as fighting the Christian invaders here gave him a pretext for conquering the rest of the region. In August 1152, he captured Béjaïa
Almohad_Caliphate
1969 attempted uprising in Jhapa, Nepal
police forces, sending them in a dense jungle Sukhani under the false pretext of a jail transfer in order to suppress the rebellion and to stop it from
Jhapa_rebellion
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1885–1969)
starving populace and flew to Sweden to bring back medical supplies on the pretext of visiting her sister, Crown Princess Louise. She organised two shelters
Princess_Alice_of_Battenberg
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760
Celle, both committed adultery. In 1694 the marriage was dissolved on the pretext that Sophia Dorothea had abandoned her husband. She was confined to Ahlden
George_II_of_Great_Britain
Emperor of China from 1398 to 1402
princes, rebelled against the Jianwen Emperor in 1399. He did this under the pretext of acting against allegedly corrupt court officials who had influenced
Jianwen_Emperor
City in Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Between 1954 and 1983, many old neighborhoods were demolished under this pretext for expansion, particularly in the northern areas such as Bab al-Faraj
Aleppo
Last dynasty of Vietnam (1802–1945)
to be a Lê prince, broke out in the north and escalated. Alongside the pretext of avenging the death of the missionaries the French invasion was designed
Nguyễn_dynasty
U.S. state
and his life may be taken with impunity at any time upon the slightest pretext or provocation by a white man". In the early 20th century, some industries
Mississippi
American web portal
Liberman that he had done so. Liberman's excuse for terminating [Ard] was a pretext. A second sexual discrimination lawsuit was filed separately by Gregory
Yahoo
President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)
rule for six weeks (see Pakistani state of emergency, 2007), under the pretext of rising Islamist militancy, a few days after Bhutto's departure for Dubai
Asif_Ali_Zardari
PRETEXT
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Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Finnish
Of Magdala
Male
Swedish
Swedish form of Old Norse Ãki, Ã…KE means "father."
Boy/Male
Muslim
The majestic, The revered, The sublime
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Frequenter of Gatherings
Girl/Female
English
Modern name based on Jane or Jean; Based on Janai meaning 'God has answered. '.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Cotton Refiner
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ayurdha | அயà¯à®°à¯à®¤à®¾
Bestowed of longevity
Boy/Male
Dutch, Finnish, German, Swedish
Powerful Ruler; Noble Leader; Old
Boy/Male
Tamil
Tirthayad | திரà¯à®¤à®¾à®¯à®¾à®¤
Lord Krishna
Boy/Male
Arabic, Malaysian, Muslim
Crown of the Religion
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n.
A pretext.
n.
That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
n.
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
n.
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
a.
Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
n.
A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
n.
A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
a.
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
a.
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
prep.
Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.
n.
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.