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pree ten duhd

  • v  make believe with the intent to deceive
  • v  behave unnaturally or affectedly
  • v  put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
  • v  put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
  • v  represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
  • v  state insincerely
    She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber
  • s  adopted in order to deceive
    a pretended interest

  • I also remember the day when I began to blub as he read the report of a Chilean torture victim, a woman who watched her children be tortured; I pretended not to be blubbing, and he .
  • They pretended they were Sicilian gangsters, and they gave themselves namesCameo, Twenty Years, The Prince (Mailer, of course)and they talked tough and dirty at each other .
  • At a recent meeting with newspaper editors in Washington, McCain pretended to fall asleep when asked about his age.
News & Articles

  • Autopsy: Nichole Cable died of asphyxiation
    The state medical examiner's office says a 15-year-old from Glenburn died last month of "asphyxia due to compression of the neck". Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono, has been charged with the murder of Nichole Cable. Her body was found in a wooded area in Glenburn on May 20 after she was reported missing on May 12. Detective Thomas Pickering of the state police said in an affidavit that Dube pretended to ...
    June 13, 2013 - WMTW Portland
  • Police Put Out Surveillance Video Of Phony FedEx Workers Who Stormed Into House
    Police on Wednesday released a surveillance video of two suspects who pretended to be FedEx workers as they invaded a home in Howard Beach, Queens.
    June 12, 2013 - CBS New York
  • Trying to cash bogus tax return check gets Creve Coeur woman probation
    Patrina Rochelle Taylor, 44, pretended to be a dead person to cash the tax refund check meant for another dead person.
    June 11, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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