Pretext (noun) — ذريعة أو حجة غير حقيقية: A false reason given to hide the real one. Below are 7 words with a similar meaning; the linked ones have full GL Dictionary entries with their meaning in Arabic.
An act of pretending; a false show. American spelling pretense.
A clever trick to gain an advantage.
A clever trick to deceive someone.
Evidence that a person was elsewhere when a crime happened; also a general excuse.
excusecoverguise
An excuse or evasive action used to avoid a responsibility, commitment or difficult task that one should undertake. Usually used with disapproval in informal…