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 Translation for 'under false pretences' from English to Polish
pod pozorem {adv}under false pretences
Partial Matches
fałszywy {adj}false
falszywy alarm {m}false alarm
sport
falstart {m}
false start
dent.
sztuczne zęby {m.pl}
false teeth
gramat.
fałszywi przyjaciele {m.pl} [osob.] [przen.]
false friends [fig.]
prawda czy fałsztrue or false
pod {prep} [+instr.] [+acc.]under
poniżej {prep} [+gen.]under
pod presją {adj} {adv}under pressure
pod presją {adj} {adv}under stress
pod nadzorem {adv}under surveillance
naut.
pod żaglami {adv}
under sail
woj.
pod ostrzałem {adj}
under fire
prawo
pod przysięgą {adv}
under oath
woj.
pod oblężeniem {adv}
under siege
pod eskortą {adv}under convoy
woj.
być oblężonym [przez wojsko, policję] [niedok.]
to be under siege
prawo
być aresztowanym [tylko niedok.]
to be under arrest
pod namiotem {adv}under canvas [camping]
pod baczną obserwacjąunder close surveillance
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Usage Examples English
  • It is about Morgan's quest for knowledge of her family's past and the fact that she has grown up under false pretences.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Lincoln believes he was there "under false pretences" and says the show was "completely the opposite of what I was told it would be".
  • When the Dominions Office found out that the 400 houses were not being built at Port Hope Simpson and money had effectively been borrowed under false pretences on Simpson's say–so it brought about a complete change in their attitude towards Simpson and Williams.
  • He was not charged with forgery but selling the forgeries under 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.
  • 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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