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 Translation for 'false pretences' from English to French
NOUN   a false pretence | false pretences
dr.
simulation {f} de faits mensongers
false pretences [Br.]
3 Words
dr.
par des moyens frauduleux {adv}
under false pretences
Partial Matches
fallacieux {adj} [promesse, prétexte]false
bidon {adj} [fam.] [adresse, numéro]false
faux {adj}false
4
fausse modestie {f}false modesty
journ.
canular {m}
false story
arch.constr.
faux plafond {m}
false ceiling
dent.méd.
prothèse {f} [dentier]
false teeth {pl}
résultat {m} faussement positiffalse positive
résultat {m} faussement négatiffalse negative
bot.T
achillée {f} ptarmique [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
false sneezewort
bot.T
achillée {f} sternutatoire [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
false sneezewort
mycol.T
gyromitre {m} {f} [Gyromitra esculenta] [aussi : fausse morille]
false morel
complètement faux {adj}completely false
complètement faux {adj}absolutely false
complètement faux {adj}utterly false
bot.T
achillée {f} des marais [Achillea ptarmica, syn. : A. speciosa]
false sneezewort
bot.T
adonis {m} de printemps [Adonis vernalis]
false hellebore
journ.RadioTV
fausse nouvelle {f}
false report
bot.T
alisier {m} nain [Sorbus chamaemespilus, syn. : C. alpina, Crataegus alpina, Mespilus chamaemespilus, Pyrus chamaemespilus]
false medlar
bot.T
sorbier {m} nain [Sorbus chamaemespilus, syn. : C. alpina, Crataegus alpina, Mespilus chamaemespilus, Pyrus chamaemespilus]
false medlar
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Usage Examples English
  • It may therefore have been home to a namesake and so listed under false pretences.
  • In 2008, a 48-year-old French man who claimed to be an ambassador representing the Principality to the United Arab Emirates, his 36-year-old female compatriot and a 28-year-old Pakistani man, were charged by the UAE over issuing travel documents and selling land in the Principality to UAE residents under false pretences.
  • Her father was a con-artist who had served terms in prison for fraud and obtaining money under false pretences.
  • Ambassador Chohan subsequently filed a case against Shahid Mahmood in the Islamabad High Court for contract violation and making allegations with a view to seeking asylum on false pretences.
  • She was discharged in January 1888 and took up independent music instruction, only to fall afoul of the law once again and appear back in court in April 1888 for her habitual offence of receiving goods under false pretences.

  • In 1930, Joseph and her husband George Waas—described only in newspaper reports as "an American couple"— who were presenting a Coney Island-style attraction in Blackpool, England under the title of "Josephine-Joseph", were prosecuted in the United Kingdom for false pretences and conspiracy on account of their "Half Woman-Half Man" circus show.
  • Lincoln believes he was there "under false pretences" and says the show was "completely the opposite of what I was told it would be".
  • He was not charged with forgery but selling the forgeries under false pretences.
  • In 1862, Hislop was charged with obtaining money by false pretences.
  • In the late 19th century, the number of copies which were sold under false pretences were high due to the absence of any considerable legislative deterrence.

  • The act of 1899 added the obtaining of property by false pretences to the list of indictable offences that could "sub modo" be summarily dealt with.
  • In 2006 Rose came once again to public attention when he criticised the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and called for his impeachment for leading the country to war in Iraq under false pretences.
  • In early 1932, at age fourteen, Jack Davis and his brother Harold were offered work under false pretences at Moore River Native Settlement from the Protector of Aborigines, A.
  • When Dumbledore is lured from Hogwarts under false pretences, Harry, Hermione, and Ron fear the theft is imminent and descend through the trapdoor.
  • Police either did not file or dropped charges based on Aldrin's lack of a prior criminal record, witness accounts of Sibrel's having drawn Aldrin to the hotel under false pretences, Sibrel's aggressiveness before the punch, and his having declined to seek medical attention and sustaining "no visible injury".

  • Morritt had been arrested and charged with "obtaining money under false pretences" as the result of a misunderstanding over the way he was scraping a living from an act titled "Man in a Trance".
  • Her sister, Sarah Ellis, was convicted in the same case for obtaining money under false pretences and sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour.
  • It was also revealed by the Nine Network that the woman at the centre of Reynold's court case was an alleged con artist with several men coming forward claiming to have had relationships with the woman who had used fake names in each individual relationship and had stolen money under false pretences.
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