Sentences with phrase «in under false pretenses»

I used to say Id rather scare someone off with the truth than lead them in under false pretenses, but theres a difference between being honest and oversharing.

It took me six years to realize I was being abused — and then I feared I was a failure because I'd been hoodwinked and lured in under false pretenses.

Not exact matches

Don't shoehorn in your opinions under false pretenses.

wo former corporate private eyes have accused GlaxoSmithKline of hiring them under false pretenses to investigate a whistleblower in China and that the move led to their imprisonment, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

But clearly there are significant issues in the sector and more companies could prove to be operating under false pretenses.

Working under what he acknowledges were false pretenses, he was a well - paid writer for the religious right until the end of 1991 when he decided to tell the world that those whom he had served for decades are in fact promoting a program comparable to that of Hitler and the Third Reich.

They wouldn't want the sheep to stray, so they use fear tactics like this to keep you in line and believing under false pretenses.

Some doughnut purists might argue that these indulgent glazed chocolate banana doughnuts are not in fact really doughnuts at all, but instead a version of chocolate cake, baked in ring - shaped cake molds, masquerading under false pretenses.

Gazidis is a hack... he will never get another substantive job in this sport unless Kroenke is the owner... enough of dealing with the amateurs, anybody who believes that this man has any real say in the day - to - day operations of Arsene Inc. hasn't followed this club very closely... in fact I used to empathize with him; who would come out and make some of the statements he has, especially regarding our financial capabilities, unless he was instructed to do so under false pretenses... let's face it, if that wasn't the case, he would have been thrown to the wolves long ago... on the other hand, if he did know and public deception was well within his job description, he's truly a piece of shit

if the Ox was played to either showcase his skills or to increase any potential bids because of his perceived importance to our starting 11, this was an incredibly risky move that could have cost us dearly... imagine if he was injured or played poorly, like he did, and this negatively impacted our ability to get the best available deal... more importantly, why was Wenger willing to play someone who obviously wants out in such an important game under false pretenses... this kind of behaviour might be less offensive in April, when things are done and dusted, but to do this following a loss against a supposed main rival that pipped us for fourth by a point last year, could be considered at best inappropriate and at worst treasonous... we can't afford to let this coach make business decisions on game day, which has gone on for far too long

Cleland said the punishment a blogger might face could be comparable to that for those who are found to be engaging in false advertising, which ranges from cease - and - desist orders to reimbursement to consumers who believe they bought the product under false pretenses.

But I have come to believe that in the vast majority of cases, the reason people are running from the hospital is that NCB has taught them to under false pretenses.

Legislative stipends given under false pretenses are wrong in every way.

The disclosure in Sunday's Post about the property's ownership proves the mosque's developers «have been operating under false pretenses,» he said.

«They came into the country under false pretenses and hid in the forest at Agona Gyakwa to train persons how to fire ammunition and detonate bombs.

If I took your house from you under false pretenses and then offered you a cot in the garage — would that be a «compromise»?

In a subplot that goes nowhere, at least nowhere interesting, Norah, under false pretenses, befriends a woman (Mary Lynn Rajskub) whose mother was a victim in one of the crime scene mop - upIn a subplot that goes nowhere, at least nowhere interesting, Norah, under false pretenses, befriends a woman (Mary Lynn Rajskub) whose mother was a victim in one of the crime scene mop - upin one of the crime scene mop - ups.

Reciting a long list of criminal offenses for participating in a «marriage of convenience,» the government employee cautions the duo about tying the knot under false pretenses.

Their war of words over the wire escalates until Brad spots Jan in a nightclub; impressed by her beauty, he sets about wooing her under false pretenses by pretending to be a hayseed from Texas.

The second is an unnamed man masquerading under false pretenses as a teacher who is intent on bringing the school to ruin The third voice belongs to a young adolescent boy thirteen years in the past who, as the son of St Oswald's caretaker but destined to attend the scruffy local state school, finds himself drawn to the august corridors of St Oswald's.

The metadata librarian in question, Jeffrey Beall, has been featured in prominent journals and newspapers for his work on his site, Scholarly Open Access, which exposes publishers and journals who may be operating under false pretenses or bad business practices.

We know there are predatory companies in the self - publishing industry and that without advocates these companies would continue to take money and time from unsuspecting writers under false pretenses.

What really annoyed MacLaurin, though, were the agents who called her ad nauseam asking her to drop her FSBO venture and sign with them, and those who would book showings under false pretenses so they could make their pitch in person.

In January of this year, two PETA employees, fully backed by PETAâ $ ™ s Newkirk and a highly - paid legal team, stood trial on 24 felony counts, including 21 counts of animal cruelty and obtaining property under false pretenses (lying to the shelters PETA adopted dogs and cats from, then euthanizing the animals rather then finding homes for them.)

Once in the store, the dogs are peddled to consumers at a premium price under the false pretenses that they come from great breeders.

It should be televised just like Hussein's hanging and we can all show the same mercy on Bush that he did on the 152 deathrow inmates he executed without one inkling of remorse, not to mention the 4000 American's he sent to death under false pretenses, not to mention the people mentioned in this article likely to bear the worst consequence of global warming.

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18 U.S.C. § 1343 provides: «Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.»

Terry McAuliffe was pushing the fledgling global flooding ideology out of a cleverly named unisex - clothing shop called Hang - Ups, in a converted African American Church, acquired under false pretenses and wittily christened THE ARK, on South Patrick Street, in Alexandria, Virginia.

She had really lost a great deal in a marriage that her ex husband contracted under false pretenses.

David represents clients in the following types of Criminal Law Matters: domestic assault, domestic disorderly conduct, domestic vandalism, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, DUI / DWI, refusal to take breathalyzer tests, assault, shoplifting, writing bad checks, probation violations, Larceny, Vandalism, Obtaining money under False Pretenses, violation of no contact orders and restraining orders, expungements, etc..

Cambridge Analytica obtained the data of an estimated 50 million users in 2014 and 2015 under false pretenses, breaking Facebook's rules.

The whistleblower who publicly revealed how Trump - affiliated data firm Cambridge Analytica used information mined from Facebook under false pretenses during the 2016 election cycle will give an interview to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee as part of their investigation of Russian interference in the election, including possible ties to Donald Trump's campaign.

The man who perpetrated the fraud, David Daleiden, has participated in at least 10 separate fraud campaigns over the last eight years involving gaining access to Planned Parenthood health centers or offices under false pretenses, taping staff (and sometimes patients) without their knowledge on at least 65 occasions (not counting the latest fraud), and misleading the public with heavily edited tapes and false charges.

RECA says that among other things, Wolf failed to disclose his direct interest in a property, failed to disclose his recent involvement in the purchase of a property, failed to recommend his clients obtain independent legal advice, provided his clients with false and misleading information and obtained money from his clients under false pretenses.

David, you also repeated unsubstantiated claims by, at least, one homeowner, that they felt an agent or agents had made appointments to show their home (FSBO) under false pretenses, just to get in the door.

Many practitioners cite an increase in a tactic known as bait and switch, whereby lenders lure prospective borrowers into their offices with unusually low interest rates, then raise that rate at the last minute under false pretenses.

The Scotts sued, claiming that their credit reports had been obtained under false pretenses, in violation of federal and state law, and for failure to provide adequate notice under New York law.

To determine whether the Scotts» credit reports had been obtained under false pretenses, the court examined the «permissible purposes» set forth in section 1681b of the FCRA.

Being convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state, or federal court, of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, bribery, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or any crime or any similar offenses, or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any such offense or offenses;

Without limiting anything else in these Site Terms, we may immediately terminate your access to and use of the Site if you provide false or misleading information or submit information under false pretenses to this Site.

The state is trying to determine whether the bank and its subsidiary, Countrywide Financial, sold investments backed by risky mortgages to institutional and private investors in California under false pretenses.