False Pretenses

Obtaining property by false pretensesa is the obtaining of property by intentionally misrepresenting a past or existing fact.

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Famous quotes containing the words false and/or pretenses:

    “I started in to cry and call his name,

    Asking forgiveness of his tongueless head.
    . . . I dreamt the past was never past redeeming:
    But whether this was false or honest dreaming
    I beg death’s pardon now. And mourn the dead.”
    —Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)

    “I will never again go to people under false pretenses even if it is to give them the Holy Bible. I will never again sell anything, even if I have to starve. I am going home now and I will sit down and really write about people.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)