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| at a pretext; on a pretext; under a pretext; on the pretence (Игорь Primo); under the cloak of; under color of; under the ruse of something (чего-либо IrinaZaytseva); under colour of something; on the ground of; on the plea of; on the excuse (of); under the pretence of; under the pretense of; under the veil of; on the pretext of (Anglophile); upon the pretext of (Anglophile); upon the pretext that (Anglophile); with the pretext of (Гевар); under the guise of (under the guise of offering assistance Anglophile); under the pretext (the police raided Grand River on (under) the pretext of looking for moonshiners Andrey Truhachev); citing (He told me he needs to leave citing his wife's telephone request starkside); ostensibly (Would-be candidates are having their registration applications turned down, ostensibly on administrative grounds. • I brought a suitcase to the office, ostensibly to hold the spare suit I'd been keeping there. But I was really preparing myself to clean out my desk and give my notice. v.abyzov); under the auspices (Mr. Wolf); under the auspices of (Mr. Wolf); with the excuse (They call you with the excuse of updating your data. snowleopard); under the plea of; under pretence of; under colour | |||
| on the excuse of; on the pretext of | |||
| under the pretext of (on, under the pretext of под предлогом. ORD) | |||
| on the pretext | |||
| on pretence of ("You must confine yourself to your room, on pretence of a headache, when your stepfather comes back." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – под предлогом головной боли ART Vancouver) | |||
| in pretence; under pretence | |||
| cloakedly | |||
| под предлогом: 76 phrases in 13 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| Business | 2 |
| Diplomacy | 2 |
| Economy | 2 |
| General | 37 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Law | 8 |
| Makarov | 18 |
| Marketing | 1 |
| Politics | 1 |
| Production | 1 |
| Slang | 1 |
| Vulgar | 1 |