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pretext (The Times recalls the notorious "false flag" operation in August 1939, when German soldiers disguised themselves as Poles to simulate an attack on a German radio station and thus provided a pretext for Hitler's invasion of Poland. • However, Ukrainian officials insisted they had no plans to launch any assault, accusing Moscow of creating pretexts for an invasion. theguardian.com 4uzhoj); pretence; blind; make-believe; cover; excuse; guise; handle; veil; cop-out (не сделать чего-либо); creephole; stalking-horse; peg to hang a thing on (для речи и т. п.); a peg to hang a thing on; make-believe reply; pretense; stalking horse; come-off (для неисполнения чего-либо); ostensible reason (YanYin); cloak; colour; redirect (Арнольдыч); plea (для чего-либо); salvo; cloke; cover shame; flam; make believe; mantle; mask; pretension; pretext |