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Pretext
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pretext'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pretext.html. 1828.