pretexting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Spies, private investigators, criminals, and even some journalists have long used false identities to trick people into providing information, a practice known as pretexting.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 11, 2019
The Autonomy deal capped a tumultuous decade for the company that included the "pretexting" scandal of 2006, which led to the resignation of then-Chairwoman Patricia Dunn.
From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2013
In the United States, such action would surely lead to civil liability and potentially criminal prosecution for violating statutes that deal specifically with pretexting to access information by an unauthorized individual.
From Forbes • Dec. 13, 2012
She wound up taking the fall because the board member who revealed the pretexting, Thomas J. Perkins, the former venture capitalist, had it in for her.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2010
At the entrance, Verelst, pretexting a pretext, sagely dropped out.
From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar
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