Turncoats Foremost Pretext For Disloyalty

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	7		Exact Match!
noun • a crime that undermines the offender's government • disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior • an act of deliberate betrayal
	31%	11		A cover or pretext used to hide one's true motives
noun • (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements • an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure
	31%	13		A pretense or pretext
noun • a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate • something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason • screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game • a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

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The Guardian Cryptic18 Nov 2011	Down 18
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