1. (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining property as a result of that misrepresentation; [syn: false pretense, false pretence]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
false pretense
n 1: (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false
representation and obtaining property as a result of that
misrepresentation [syn: false pretense, false pretence]