Sentence examples for under a plausible pretext from inspiring English sources

This is suggested, for example, by a passage in which Kant asks us to imagine someone threatened by his prince with immediate execution unless he "give[s] false testimony against an honorable man whom the prince would like to destroy under a plausible pretext".

But these places have bills to pay, and it does them no good to overly refine their standards — they're geared to call a book a classic under any plausible pretext they can find.

"Our fear is that will happen in Iraq under a different pretext".

Just as Langdon realizes he has been lured to Washington under a false pretext, a shriek arises from the Rotunda.

If Western nations lift sanctions, for instance, he said, "they cannot then readopt them two months later under a different pretext".

The August war in the Caucasus was started by the Georgians under a false pretext on the night of Aug. 7. Civilians and Russian peacekeepers were attacked.

That assistance is now increasing under a 'drug war' pretext that is dismissed by almost all serious observers.

The authorities arrested Mrs. McGuckin after persuading her to come into town to see them under a pretext.

One of the campaigners who has now come forward said he, too, had been lured to a police station under a pretext by Smith in late 2012.

Following Rau's injury, Marty managed to imprison him under a pretext for a brief time.

He has a plausible story.