FALSE PRETENSE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation
   Synonym(s)
   • false pretence (what does false pretence mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) false pretense is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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