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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Candidates aren't allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment.
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Jordan King
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Joey Bada$$ and Ab-Soul have found themselves in the middle of a lyrical crossfire, trading bars that have reignited coastal tensions—this time under the guise of healthy competition.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 May 2025
Mark Zuckerberg went on a recent media tour to promote that Meta is seeking to transform its Meta AI chatbots into friends, under the guise of helping the very real loneliness epidemic.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
The show's final showdown sees Brontë and Joe engaged in a grisly confrontation in the woods near the U.S.-Canadian border, where Brontë enticed him under the guise of fleeing the country together.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 May 2025
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Jordan King
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Joey Bada$$ and Ab-Soul have found themselves in the middle of a lyrical crossfire, trading bars that have reignited coastal tensions—this time under the guise of healthy competition.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 14 May 2025
Mark Zuckerberg went on a recent media tour to promote that Meta is seeking to transform its Meta AI chatbots into friends, under the guise of helping the very real loneliness epidemic.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
The show's final showdown sees Brontë and Joe engaged in a grisly confrontation in the woods near the U.S.-Canadian border, where Brontë enticed him under the guise of fleeing the country together.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 1 May 2025
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“Under the guise of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20the%20guise%20of. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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