The word "guise" is both correct and usable in written English.
The word "guise" typically refers to a way of appearing or behaving that is not the real essence of a person, thing, or situation. For example, you could say: "He presented himself under the guise of a student, but he was actually a journalist."
A growth in measures against "offensive" speech and greater surveillance of media under the guise of combatting terrorism are also documented in the report, which was written by Shawn Crispin.
Then Snoop himself emerges in the guise of his recent dancehall reggae persona Snoop Lion for a laid-back rendition of Here Comes The King that suggests he's somewhat subdued by something.
Analysts suspect that one of his chief goals is the expansion of Russian influence in other formerly Soviet republics under the guise of an economic union.
In one, Silvio Berlusconi was laughing with Tony Blair; in another, he was chatting affably with George W Bush. Jacques Chirac, Kofi Annan, even Pope Benedict XVI: the roll call of former leaders went on – and Berlusconi, in a somewhat more youthful guise, was with them all.
Sure, I've done the odd thing under the guise of "work purposes", like buy a new pair of shoes before an important meeting, but I'll give Fredrik Wikingsson credit where credit is due.
For some time now the FIA, the sport's governing body, and leading teams such as Williams have talked about the need to reduce the huge amount of downforce generated by cars in their current guise.
Continued pressure under the guise of public interest risks turning into political interference.
But, in an era where news moves that little bit faster, it seems to have returned in a new guise.
After a much-reduced second season, Pleasant was dismissed, his plans for a "living museum of dance" (with Russian, American and British "wings", and units for black and Hispanic dances) were ditched, and impresario Sol Hurok toured the company in a more traditional, Russianised guise.
But the chairmen decided that to allow Airdrie United to emerge from the blackened ashes of Airdrieonians would be setting a dangerous precedent that might see cash-strapped football clubs disappear only to reappear under a different guise.
Who nowadays would put their child in close proximity with people whose motivations you don't quite understand?" Can he see a way for clowns reinventing themselves in a more benign guise, I wonder.
