pretext

• These all marched to Lecompton, where they held themselves in readiness to act, as soon as a pretext could be found invoking their help. —  Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler
• A pretext was required, to be always advancing, and this pretext was the liberty of the seas. —  Ten Years' Exile
• "Using national security as a pretext, the Bush administration managed to suppress these memos for more than three years, denying the public crucial information about government policy and shielding government officials from accountability," said Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU's National Security Project said in a released statement. —  AfterDowningStreet.org - Bush-Cheney Trials in '09
• Using national security as a pretext, the Bush administration managed to suppress these memos for years, denying the public crucial information about government policy and shielding government officials from accountability. —  ACLU online newsroom
• As such, the raising of the fees under any pretext which is not genuine should be condemned by all. —  The Himalayan Times RSS

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