'Pretence' in the Bible

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

who are devouring the widows' houses, and for a pretence are making long prayers; these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'

And the sailors seeking to flee out of the ship, and having let down the boat to the sea, in pretence as if out of the foreship they are about to cast anchors,

what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed -- and in this I rejoice, yea, and shall rejoice.