1 He came to see me on/under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.

2 He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.

3 Under the pretext of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.

4 The gang enters people's houses under the pretext of making repairs, and then steals everything of value.

5 Jonathan Probyn called his wife under the pretext of having a problem with one of their children.

6 He stayed away under the pretext of ill health.

7 He cheated me under the pretext of friendship.

8 John left early under the pretext of illness.

9 Under the pretext of travelling on business, ( some cadres ) go holidaying and waste public money.

10 The US Government persecuted him under the pretext of various unwarranted " charges.

11 The important ways of impairment of citizen's property include conduct under the pretext of public interests, maladministration, remissness of duty, misuse of authority.

12 Cattle as a result of favoritism and bribery Gao, under the pretext of no evidence, inadmissible.