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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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 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the activity was taking place under the guise of the intergovernmental alliance's sea patrol mission. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for under the guise of

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