under the guise of

phrase

: by saying or acting as if something is other than what it really is
She swindles people under the guise of friendship.

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This bill restricted the ability of Manatee County, for example, to protect wetlands under the guise of emergency management legislation. — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 Then those games became public under the guise of charity exhibitions, and quite naturally, became the sort of exhibition game that just about every major college basketball team is playing this season. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 But, under the guise of this routine procedure, an extraordinary mechanism has been launched, which has completely inverted the structure of voter registration in India, and disenfranchised millions of voters. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 The lawsuit alleges Unlock is providing mortgage loans under the guise of HEAs as a way to skirt federal and state consumer protections on loans, including caps on how much interest can be charged. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for under the guise of

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