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A pretext (adj.: pretextual) is an excuse to do something or say something that is not accurate. Pretexts may be based on a half-truth or developed in

Pretexting is a type of social engineering attack that involves a situation, or pretext, created by an attacker in order to lure a victim into a vulnerable

details. Pretexting (adj. pretextual), also known in the UK as blagging, is the act of creating and using an invented scenario (the pretext) to engage

wars". A casus belli intentionally based on inaccurate facts is known as a pretext. This section outlines a number of the more famous and/or controversial

1938 by a Polish Jewish teenager, Herschel Grynszpan, which provided a pretext for Kristallnacht, "The Night of Broken Glass" on 9–10 November 1938. Historians

related to drug possession, and uses a minor traffic infringement as a pretext to stop the driver. In the case of Whren, the defense used a "would-have"

Aldous Leonard Huxley (/ˈɔːldəs/ AWL-dəs; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books

50°18′48″N 18°41′20″E / 50.31333°N 18.68889°E / 50.31333; 18.68889 Objective Pretext for the invasion of Poland Date 31 August 1939 (1939-08-31) Executed by

A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies is a 2004 book by journalist James Bamford that takes a highly critical

charges of Iraqi resistance to U.N access to suspected weapons were the pretext for crises between 1997 and 1998, culminating in intensive U.S. and British