English-Danish translations for pretext

• påskud
  At henvise til denne frihed er blot et påskud. Invoking this freedom is a mere pretext.
  Gæld og underskud er simpelthen et påskud. The debt and deficit are simply a pretext.
  Det er imidlertid kun et påskud. This is merely a pretext, however.

Definition of pretext

• A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense
• To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else

Examples

• The reporter called the company on the pretext of trying to resolve a consumer complaint.
• The spy obtained his phone records using possibly-illegal pretexting methods.

Related words

• preterite
• pretend
• pretender
• pretense
• interpreter
• pretence
• pretension
• pretentious
• interprete