προκάλυψη
English translation: under cover of/under the pretext of
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| 4 | pretext (under the pretext of) |
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| 4 | under cover of |
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line of argument Explanation: By using this line of argument, the .... |
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pretext (under the pretext of) Explanation: See: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis... a reason that you pretend to have in order to hide your real reason or intention https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/prete... a pretended reason for doing something that is used to hide the real reason: The border dispute was used as a pretext for military intervention. I called her on the pretext of needing more information. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pretext https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=X7_nW8uzNqzlkgWm4KP4CA&q=... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2018-11-11 06:06:29 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In other words, προκάλυψη is synonymous with πρόσχημα and/or προκάλυμμα in this context, see: προκάλυμμα ουδέτερο 1. οτιδήποτε χρησιμεύει για προκάλυψη ( προκαλύπτω = προφυλάγω κάτι αποκρύβοντάς το) (μτφ)= πρόσχημα, πρόφαση https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/προκάλυμμα -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 hrs (2018-11-11 06:25:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also see: H.G. Liddell, R. Scott - 2015 - Education Π. απόλ., χρησιμοποιώ προκάλυψη, κρύβομαι, αποκρύπτομαι, λέγεται για ... ή, απόκρυψη, συγκάλυψη πρόφαση, πρόσχημα, υπεκφυγή, σε Σοφ. κατα-κρώζω https://books.google.gr/books?id=x7erBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA665&lpg=P... (I am making these entries to show that προκάλυψη is synonymous with πρόσχημα, which is an accepted meaning of pretext). Jun 7, 2009 - ... πρόσχημα για την καταπίεση των λαών και τον εκβιασμό χωρών που βρίσκονται στο στόχαστρο του ιμπεριαλισμού, αλλά και σαν προκάλυψη ... https://www.rizospastis.gr/story.do?id=5122099 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs (2018-11-11 07:18:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here is a dictionary reference showing that “pretext” is a meaning of “προκάλυψη”: Προκάλυμμα, αιος, s. n a covering, pretext. Προκαλύπτω, α or oν, ψα, ν. n. to conceal, to protect. Προκάλυψις, εως, s. f protecting, conceal1ng, pretext. Προκαλώ ... https://books.google.gr/books?id=ny81AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA525&lpg=P... And if NL is correct in believing that “προκάλυψη” means “προκάλυμμα”, then the following reference shows that pretext is a meaning of “προκάλυμμα” and of “προκαλύπτω”: James DONNEGAN - 1842 Προκάλυμμα, ατος, το, αnything placed before for concealment, or profection ; a ... place before one, as a screen, or protection, τηostiv, met. to use a pretext. https://books.google.gr/books?id=1fENAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1299&lpg=... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs (2018-11-11 10:33:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- προκάλυψη — η 1. η ενέργεια του προκαλύπτω, κάλυψη από τα εμπρός, απόκρυψη. 2. το σύνολο των μέσων και των ενεργειών για απόκρουση αιφνιδιαστικής ... http://greek_greek.enacademic.com/140646/προκάλυψη And if “προκάλυψη” είναι η ενέργεια του "προκαλύπτω", then: https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=mgLoW5uBKYLAlAaQ1YaQAw&q=... |
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under cover of Explanation: under cover of establishing and running an offshore Καλύτερα "προκάλυμμα". https://www.google.gr/search?q="establishing and running an ... https://www.google.gr/search?q="under cover of running"&sour... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs (2018-11-11 10:23:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Α pretext is indeed a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason. The launch and running of a company can be a valid and legal activity, not a pretext for anything; in addition, some may use the legal activity to conceal an illegal or secret activity. The word for this concealment is cover, not pretext. Examples from the ODE (noun, 2.3): the restaurant was run as a cover for a money-laundering operation But it seemed like excellent cover for my past crimes, and no one had found me out yet. The British too have been painted as villains, accused of using the trials as cover for a plot to shut down the island. Working under embassy cover offered a case officer the worst of both worlds. Everything about equality and acceptance was simply a cover for a dark conspiracy. It is difficult to see how such cover can work at all if a fronting company alone is the reinsured. The government said the building was used as cover by militants to attack them. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cover I would find ‘pretext’ a weak or even less than weak replacement for ‘cover’ in any of the above examples. Let’s keep ‘cover’ for ‘προκάλυμμα’ and ‘pretext’ for the weaker sense of ‘πρόσχημα’. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2018-11-11 16:04:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Για τις σημασίες του προκαλύμματος και της προκάλυψης ας δούμε τα πιο σύγχρονα λεξικά και όχι εκείνα του 19ου αιώνα για τα αρχαία ελληνικά. Από το διαδικτυακό λεξικό Πατάκη (ΛΗΛΝΕΓ): προκάλυμμα 2) (μτφ.) Καθετί που χρησιμεύει σε κπν για να καλύψει, να συγκαλύψει, να αποκρύψει κτ που θέλει να κρατήσει κρυφό Ο κατηγορούμενος είχε ιδρύσει φιλανθρωπικό σωματείο που λειτουργούσε ως προκάλυμμα για οικονομικές απάτες προκάλυψη 3) (μτφ.) Καθετί που χρησιμεύει σε κπν για να καλύψει, να συγκαλύψει, να αποκρύψει κτ που θέλει να κρατήσει κρυφό Η προπαγάνδα πως το Ιράκ ανέπτυσσε πυρηνικά όπλα αποτελεί προκάλυψη των επεκτατικών διαθέσεων των ΗΠΑ Ίσως φαίνεται εδώ (επειδή το λεξικό είναι κλειδωμένο): https://lexilogia.gr/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5978&... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2018-11-11 16:05:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Διόρθωση: ΜΗΛΝΕΓ http://lexicon-neohel.patakis.gr/el/lexikon/lemma?id=67157 http://lexicon-neohel.patakis.gr/el/lexikon/lemma?id=67158 |
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