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Excuse to do or say something that is not accurate
A pretext (adj.: pretextual) is a false reason for an action given to conceal the true motivation. A person may give a pretext because if others understood
Pretext
Type of social engineering attack
Pretexting, known in the UK as blagging, is a type of social engineering attack that involves a situation, or pretext, created by an attacker in order
Pretexting
Act or event that provokes or is used to justify war
wars". A casus belli intentionally based on inaccurate facts is known as a pretext. This section outlines a number of the more famous and/or controversial
Casus_belli
Psychological manipulation in information security
bank account details. Pretexting, also known in the UK as blagging, is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (the pretext) to engage a targeted
Social_engineering_(security)
A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies is a 2004 book by journalist James Bamford that takes a highly critical
A_Pretext_for_War
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs/ AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books
Aldous_Huxley
Brief detainment by police in the United States
related to drug possession, and uses a minor traffic infringement as a pretext to stop the driver. In the case of Whren, the defense used a "would-have"
Terry_stop
American serial killer (1942–1994)
lure a victim to his home and dupe them into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his captive
John_Wayne_Gacy
American sci-fi TV series (2015–2019)
Heydrich to confirm what Smith has suspected, a conspiracy to create a pretext for war with and extermination of the Japanese. Smith executes Heydrich
The Man in the High Castle (TV series)
The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)
German diplomat (1909–1938)
1938 by a Polish Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which was used as a pretext for Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass" on 9–10 November 1938. Historians
Ernst_vom_Rath
Whistleblower and NSA contractor (born 1983)
permitted temporary leave from his position at the NSA in Hawaii, on the pretext of receiving treatment for his epilepsy. In mid-May, Snowden gave an electronic
Edward_Snowden
1962 proposed U.S. false flag operation against American citizens
National Security Archive on 30 April 2001. Responding to a request for pretexts for military intervention by the Chief of Operations of the Cuba Project
Operation_Northwoods
Political philosophy emphasising social ownership of production
Socialism. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674339460. Roosa, John (2006). Pretext for Mass Murder: 30 September Movement and Suharto's Coup d'État in Indonesia
Socialism
Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
for Sudeten Germans from the Czechoslovak government, thus providing a pretext for German military action against Czechoslovakia. In April 1938, Henlein
Adolf_Hitler
Country in Southeast Asia
insurgency, the United States used the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident as a pretext for increasing its contribution of military advisers. US forces became
Vietnam
1992 atrocity by police against the villagers of Vachathi, Tamil Nadu, India
smuggled sandalwood and to gather information about Veerappan. Under the pretext of conducting a search, the team ransacked the villagers' property, destroyed
Vachathi_case
1989 murder of Japanese high school girl
attack in the middle of December, Furuta was beaten by the group, on the pretext that Miyano had stepped on a puddle of her urine, after which he burned
Murder_of_Junko_Furuta
Misogynistic online harassment campaign
disaffected voices in an act of continual regeneration, cycling through targets, pretexts, manifestoes, and moralisms". Polygon's Grant said that as of October 2014
Gamergate
President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
charges of Iraqi resistance to U.N access to suspected weapons were the pretext for crises between 1997 and 1998, culminating in intensive U.S. and British
Saddam_Hussein
Roman emperor from 117 to 138
Septicius Clarus, was dismissed for the same alleged reason, perhaps a pretext to remove him from office. Hadrian spent the winter of 122/123 at Tarraco
Hadrian
Corporate information leak investigation
recruited private investigators who used a spying technique known as pretexting. The pretexting involved investigators impersonating HP board members and nine
Hewlett-Packard spying scandal
Hewlett-Packard_spying_scandal
Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
status), of which Hitler granted only 12. Anthony Gottlieb writes that the pretext was that their paternal grandfather had been the bastard son of a German
Ludwig_Wittgenstein
international observers suggested that the espionage claims were a baseless pretext for fulfilling a long-held ambition to reduce the Afghan population and
2025 Afghan deportation from Iran
2025_Afghan_deportation_from_Iran
Indian politician (born 1987)
the residence of ex West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on the pretext of its being the Party office of Trinamool Congress. Abhishek Banerjee
Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
Abhishek_Banerjee_(politician)
Practice and advocacy of social nudity
as documentaries of the naturist lifestyle. In fact this was largely a pretext to exploit a loophole in censorship laws restricting the exhibition of
Naturism
King of the United Kingdom from 1820 to 1830
power with the other. Possibly using the failure of the two peers as a pretext, George immediately reappointed the Perceval administration, with Lord
George_IV
Roman politician and general (83–30 BC)
all hopes of finding a peaceful solution gone, Caesar used Antony as a pretext for marching on Rome. As tribune, Antony's person was sacrosanct, so it
Mark_Antony
1944 Ailanthus-class net laying ship
to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in August 1944. Commissioned as HMS Pretext (Z284), she served the United Kingdom until she was returned to United
HMNZS_Endeavour_(1944)
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760
Celle, both committed adultery. In 1694 the marriage was dissolved on the pretext that Sophia Dorothea had abandoned her husband. She was confined to Ahlden
George_II_of_Great_Britain
1931–32 invasion of China prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War
incident, a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext to invade. At the war's end in February 1932, the Japanese established
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria
1899–1901 anti-foreign uprising in China
government, at the insistence of war minister Aleksey Kuropatkin, used the pretext of Boxer activity to move some 200,000 troops led by Paul von Rennenkampf
Boxer_Rebellion
Malware program
account login information and banking codes. It has also been used as a pretext by scammers whom claim that their victim has been affected by this malware
Tiny_Banker
Wooden lattice tower in Gliwice, Poland
Germany staged a false flag attack on the tower in 1939, which was used as a pretext for invading Poland, beginning World War II. The Gliwice Radio Tower is
Gliwice_Radio_Tower
1756 siege during the Seven Years' War
After he became Nawab he began searching for a pretext to drive the company from his lands. The first pretext centered around Kissendass, the son of a high-ranking
Siege_of_Calcutta
Group of loosely affiliated 9/11 conspiracy theorists
Motives suggested by the movement include the use of the attacks as a pretext to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to create opportunities to curtail
9/11_truth_movement
British true crime documentary
emotionally manipulated into financially supporting his lavish lifestyle on the pretext he needed the money to escape his "enemies". An Israeli man, born Shimon
The_Tinder_Swindler
Habsburg monarch from 1848 to 1916
Empire Hungarian Revolutionary Army Kingdom of Hungary Russian Empire Pretext April Laws Major battles Pákozd Schwechat Mór Kápolna Battles of Komárom
Franz_Joseph_I
1939–1945 global conflict
saw as the country's right to rule Asia, staged the Mukden incident as a pretext to invade Manchuria and establish the puppet state of Manchukuo. China
World_War_II
Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979
000 innocent protesters were massacred by Zionists," which gave him a pretext to reject any further compromise with the government. The Shah was horrified
Iranian_Revolution
French colony and later territory in Northern Africa from 1830 to 1962
also ordered a large-scale attack on Algiers between 1682 and 1683 on the pretext of assisting and rescuing enslaved Christians, usually Europeans taken
French_Algeria
Religious subgroup of modern Judaism
either tzedakah or the leader's needs. Occasions in the "court" serve as a pretext for mass gatherings, flaunting the power, wealth and size of each. Weddings
Hasidic_Judaism
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1885–1969)
starving populace and flew to Sweden to bring back medical supplies on the pretext of visiting her sister, Crown Princess Louise. She organised two shelters
Princess_Alice_of_Battenberg
Political party in Iran
were executed. The Iranian government used the MEK's failed invasion as a pretext for the mass execution of those "who remained steadfast in their support
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
People's_Mojahedin_Organization_of_Iran
German SS officer and war criminal (1913–1991)
democratic regime of Hernán Siles Zuazo arrested Barbie in La Paz on the pretext of his owing the government US$10,000 for goods he was supposed to have
Klaus_Barbie
Fictional character from My Little Pony
appeared in the School of Friendship library organizing books on shelves as a pretext to spy on her fellow students' conversations. While the backstory of Cozy
Cozy_Glow
Species of gastropod
Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. The length
Amoria_praetexta
2024 film by S.K. Dale
She eventually seduces a reluctant Nick and the two have sex, under the pretext of relieving his stress. Meanwhile, Nick faces workplace tensions as robots
Subservience
1542 siege
Yorishige. Suwa was escorted back to the provincial capital of Kōfu under "the pretext of safe conduct, but he was then forced to commit suicide." Turnbull, Stephen
Siege_of_Kuwabara
City in Aleppo Governorate, Syria
Between 1954 and 1983, many old neighborhoods were demolished under this pretext for expansion, particularly in the northern areas such as Bab al-Faraj
Aleppo
King of England from 1413 to 1422
such pressure could have been brought to bear. Beneath these immediate pretexts lay the old dynastic claim to the French throne first pursued by Edward
Henry_V_of_England
1993 Indian film
treatment for her father. He continues to come to her house often, more on the pretext of seeing her than her father. Eventually, they get married. Years pass
Maya_Memsaab
President of Italy since 2015
Russo-Ukrainian crisis, stating: "We cannot accept that now, without even the pretext of competition between different political and economic systems, the winds
Sergio_Mattarella
Ottoman prince
release Orhan as a challenger unless the tribute money might've provided a pretext for the siege Constantinople, although preparations for the siege had already
Orhan_Çelebi
Indian actor, comedian (born September 1952)
to the police, they were also plotting to kidnap Shakti Kapoor on the pretext of inviting him to an event, but the deal fell through due to a high advance
Shakti_Kapoor
Indian politician (born 1957)
way Brij Bhushan used to touch their breasts and stomach sexually on the pretext of checking their breath, in a police complaint on 21 April 2023. One of
Brij_Bhushan_Sharan_Singh
2018 film directed by Mike Leigh
was peaceful but the armed government militias charged the crowd on the pretext of an attempt to arrest a leader of the meeting. The behaviour of the crowd
Peterloo_(film)
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
Alexander II (r. 1855–1881). However, his assassination in 1881 served as a pretext for further repression such as the May Laws of 1882. Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Antisemitism
World's fair held in Brussels, Belgium
Brussels overall. Expo 58 left a deep impression on Belgium. It was also the pretext for major upheavals and works in Brussels, whose boulevards were transformed
Expo_58
1814 painting by Francisco de Goya
first-hand the French occupation of Spain in 1808, when Napoleon used the pretext of reinforcing his army in Portugal to seize the Spanish throne, leaving
The_Second_of_May_1808
1676 Russian military expedition
from power. The campaign ended in a Doroshenko's surrender and became a pretext for the Chyhyryn campaigns of 1677 and 1678. The Russian forces and the
Chyhyryn_campaign_(1676)
Ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands
(Christian) Armenians as liable to ally with Imperial Russia, and used it as a pretext to deal with the entire Armenian population as an enemy within their empire
Armenians
2003–2011 conflict in Iraq
2004 that the occupation of Iraq had become "a potent global recruitment pretext" for Mujahideen and that the invasion "galvanised" al-Qaeda and "perversely
Iraq_War
1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
scheme he has devised to murder and rob an elderly pawnbroker. On the pretext of pawning a watch, he visits her apartment, but he remains unable to commit
Crime_and_Punishment
Systematic campaign in the Ottoman Empire
Armenians expected to be killed, but if they refused, it would provide a pretext for massacres. Armenians fortified themselves in Van and repelled the Ottoman
Armenian_genocide
1611 oath of allegiance by Mickail Shuisky of Russia to the Polish King Sigismund III
support, he concluded a pact of alliance with Sweden. This event became the pretext for yet another Polish expedition to Russia. On June 24, 1610, the Russian
Shuysky_Tribute
Roman reformer and plebeian tribune in 88 BC
kindled the deadly rivalry between Gaius Marius and Sulla, and provided the pretext for Sulla's unexpected march on Rome. Publius Sulpicius Rufus was probably
Publius_Sulpicius_Rufus
President of the United States from 1829 to 1837
nullification: "the tariff was only the pretext, and disunion and southern confederacy the real object. The next pretext will be the negro, or slavery question"
Andrew_Jackson
Sultan of Bijapur from 1656 to 1672
Bijapur Kingdom. Shah Jahan, anxious to annex Bijapur to his empire, found a pretext in the legitimacy of Ali's parents. On Aurangzeb’s plea, Shah Jahan sanctioned
Ali_Adil_Shah_II
1644 naval battle
stopped at the Venetian Kingdom of Candia on the way; this was used as a pretext for the decades-long Cretan War which broke out between the Ottomans and
Action_of_28_September_1644
Subset of artificial intelligence
Misra, Ishan; Maaten, Laurens van der (2020). Self-Supervised Learning of Pretext-Invariant Representations. 2020 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision
Machine_learning
1995 film by Bryan Singer
Keaton was actually Keyser Söze: he organized the assault on the boat as a pretext for assassinating Marquez and faking his death. Verbal finally confesses
The_Usual_Suspects
M23 rebel offensive in the DR Congo
Rwanda have opportunistically exploited the presence of the FDLR as a pretext for broader political and economic ambitions in eastern DRC, particularly
M23_campaign_(2022–present)
zones and used the Mexican government's failure to suppress the raids as a pretext for declaring independence. The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence
History_of_Mexico
American serial killer
various suburbs, before moving to Aurora in 1978. On March 6, 1979, on the pretext of selling marijuana, Lindahl lured 20-year-old Annette Lazar into his
Bruce_Lindahl_(criminal)
Rise of Macedon
more fled to Olynthos. According to Justin, this provided Philip with the pretext of attacking Olynthos and the Chalkidian League. Philip finally began his
Expansion of Macedonia under Philip II
Expansion_of_Macedonia_under_Philip_II
Soviet army and air force from 1918 to 1946
mainly among higher-ranking officers. This inevitably provided a convenient pretext for the settling of personal vendettas or to eliminate competition by officers
Red_Army
German state from 1918 to 1933
political violence that took place during the Reichstag election campaign as a pretext, he ousted the SPD-led coalition government of Prussia in the Prussian
Weimar_Republic
Capital of Liaoning, China
Rebellion in 1900, Russian forces used that anti-foreigner insurgency as a pretext to formally invade and occupy most of Manchuria, and Mukden became a Russian
Shenyang
19th-century Russian grand duke
brother Nicholas became tsar in 1825. The succession controversy became the pretext of the Decembrist revolt. Konstantin was known to eschew court etiquette
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
Grand_Duke_Konstantin_Pavlovich_of_Russia
Canadian pianist (1932–1982)
throughout the actual recordings, as though Strauss's notes were just a pretext that allowed him to improvise freely. Gould recorded Schoenberg, Hindemith
Glenn_Gould
German state from 1525 to 1947
of the Reich deposed the Prussian government on 20 July 1932, under the pretext that the latter had lost control of public order in Prussia (during the
Prussia
1931 Japan false flag railway explosion
incident was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria. On September 18, 1931, Lieutenant
Mukden_incident
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 (H109-4709) prohibits pretexting to buy, sell or obtain personal phone records, except when conducted by
Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006
Telephone_Records_and_Privacy_Protection_Act_of_2006
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
spaces, restrooms, and cafeterias. Many agencies used segregation as a pretext to adopt a whites-only employment policy, claiming they lacked facilities
Woodrow_Wilson
Later Jin khan Hong Taiji invaded Ming territory in Liaoning under the pretext of illegal construction on Later Jin territory. The Later Jin founder Nurhaci
Battle_of_Ning-Jin
2001 Indian film by Karan Johar
family. He requests permission to pursue an MBA in London, using it as a pretext to find Rahul. Upon arrival, he reconnects with Pooja, now a popular university
Kabhi_Khushi_Kabhie_Gham
Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975
Communist coup d'état as well a pretended state of "social chaos" became pretexts for a coup. Franco himself along with General Emilio Mola had stirred an
Francisco_Franco
fire—the 1933 arson of the German parliament building that Hitler used as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and prosecute political opposition—some calling
Terrorism in the United States
Terrorism_in_the_United_States
Covert operation designed to deceive
enemy nations or terrorists, thus giving the nation that attacked itself a pretext for domestic repression or foreign military aggression (as well as to engender
False_flag
Juvenile exploratory play
originates from children using the pretend roles of doctor and patient as a pretext for such an examination. However, whether or not such role-playing is involved
Playing_doctor
Machine learning paradigm
learns in two steps. First, the task is solved based on an auxiliary or pretext classification task using pseudo-labels, which help to initialize the model
Self-supervised_learning
2000 Indian film
dissuade Amar from marrying Seema using a pretext but Amar is adamant and marries Seema. Soon he learns Rajiv's pretext was a way of separating him and Seema
Karobaar
Hoche sends 15,000 soldiers from the Rhine to Brest via Paris, on the pretext of planning an invasion of Ireland. July 3: Talleyrand proposes a French
Timeline of the French Revolution
Timeline_of_the_French_Revolution
International US-owned broadcaster
1947, VOA started broadcasting to the Soviet citizens in Russia under the pretext of countering "more harmful instances of Soviet propaganda directed against
Voice_of_America
President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970
Kandil, without Nasser's authorization, Amer used the Soviet warnings as a pretext to dispatch troops to Sinai on 14 May, and Nasser subsequently demanded
Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
1993 novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee
human colony leader starts bombing the octospider city under a made-up pretext and the octospiders retaliate, the situation becomes dire enough that Rama's
Rama_Revealed
Group of three Filipino martyred priests
filibusterismo to their memory. Mutiny by workers in the Cavite Naval Yard was the pretext needed by the authorities to redress a perceived humiliation from the principal
Gomburza
2023 film by Kenya Barris
particularly cut to the quick, is inspired to contact Shelley. On the pretext of a shopping excursion, Shelley and Akbar take Ezra and Amira to a trendy
You_People
Theatre of military operations during World War II
mines left by retreating Soviet soldiers, and the Germans used this as a pretext to take revenge on the local Jews, whom the explosions were blamed on.
European theatre of World War II
European_theatre_of_World_War_II
1830 campaign of the French conquest of Algeria
in 1827, the so-called 'Fan Affair' ('Fly Whisk Incident'), served as a pretext to initiate a blockade against the port of Algiers. After three years of
Invasion_of_Algiers_(1830)
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Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil, Telugu
Song
Girl/Female
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Intelligent; Learned; Goddess Saraswati
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Little will
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
One of the wifes' of the prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h)
Girl/Female
Indian, Modern, Punjabi, Sikh
Very Rich; God Gift
Girl/Female
Norse
Deserted.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Bear Estate
Girl/Female
Indian
Bud, Young
Girl/Female
Indian
Blessings, Lord Krishna, Moonlight
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rameshwar | ராமேஷà¯à®µà®°Â
Lord Shiva
PRETEXT
PRETEXT
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n.
A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
n.
That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
n.
Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
a.
Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.
a.
Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
n.
That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
n.
That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
n.
A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion.
prep.
Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep.
a.
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.
n.
A pretext.