pretences in Germany
pretences [pritensiz] Vortäuschunge
Sentence patterns related to "pretences"
1. 25 He argued that the old distinction between the offence of false pretences and larceny had been preserved.
2. 2 Old terminology such as larceny, larceny by a trick, false pretences and embezzlement were replaced by modern terms.
3. View in context Besides, he had Absconded with his mother's guineas: who knew what else he had done, in Jamaica or elsewhere, before he came to Grimworth, worming himself into families under false pretences?
4. Advert ad‧vert 2 / ədˈvɜːt $ -ɜːrt / verb → Advert to something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus Advert • This statement represents the old doctrine in regard to obtaining property by false pretences, to which I shall Advert presently.