under the guise of
idiom
: 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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Instead of banning military assault killing machines, a federal court of appeals, in all of its infinite wisdom, reverted a gun law banning anyone under 21 to own a gun, under the guise of age discrimination.
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Herald Readers, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
As the threat of human extinction nears, a group of astronauts voyage through space under the guise of attempting to find a new home for mankind.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Iran has hidden elements of its nuclear development program under the guise of commercial enterprises, and it has been suspected of using its space program to develop technologies that could be applied to its nuclear weapons program.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The laws are passed under the guise of banning the graduate-school level critical race theory — something rarely taught in grade school.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
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Herald Readers, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
As the threat of human extinction nears, a group of astronauts voyage through space under the guise of attempting to find a new home for mankind.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Iran has hidden elements of its nuclear development program under the guise of commercial enterprises, and it has been suspected of using its space program to develop technologies that could be applied to its nuclear weapons program.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2025
The laws are passed under the guise of banning the graduate-school level critical race theory — something rarely taught in grade school.
—Russell Contreras, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
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