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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Companies made students wash blood and feces from pig pens and ordered them to pressure renters into signing leases in run-down apartment buildings, all under the guise of cultural exchange.
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Though Rachel arrives under the guise of a recent customer with a follow-up question for her shoe salesman, she's actually arrived to share a steamy rendezvous with Marty.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Many technologies today have started to emerge under the guise of agentic—but many of them are still in their nascent stages.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
Wexner served on the OSU board of trustees when Strauss abused young men at the school, mostly under the guise of doing physicals, from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
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Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Though Rachel arrives under the guise of a recent customer with a follow-up question for her shoe salesman, she's actually arrived to share a steamy rendezvous with Marty.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Many technologies today have started to emerge under the guise of agentic—but many of them are still in their nascent stages.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 23 Dec. 2025
Wexner served on the OSU board of trustees when Strauss abused young men at the school, mostly under the guise of doing physicals, from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Dec. 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 8 Jan. 2026.
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