Sentence examples for under a pretext from inspiring English sources

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

The loyal doctor only fulfilled the third plan: that in the last moments, she would be sent away under a pretext, so see wouldn't see his death throes.

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.

Is the country paying too high a price for its policy?Critics fear that any challenge to an already authoritarian government is gradually being outlawed under a pretext of criminalising the promotion of so-called "genocide ideology".

Over it I wore a green loden coat, borrowed under a pretext from one of our Field Security drivers, and, for additional cover, a fetching green Tyrolean hat, bought at personal expense.

In October, Ms. Aleskerova, apparently learning of the arrest and concerned about the rest of the art, flew to New York, where she was delayed at Kennedy International Airport under a pretext until Customs agents could assemble a surveillance team.

What if Putin ordered this attack to make Russia seem unstable under Medvedev, as a pretext for taking back control?

War or revolution struck Orwell as a false choice, however, and in "Homage to Catalonia" he dismissed it as a pretext under cover of which the Communists were gradually consolidating power.

"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".