Terrence Howard plays a music mogul in a new series on Fox. 1  CHICAGO â In the presidential suite of a Hilton hotel, above a ballroom full of extras waiting to shoot a lavish party scene, sat the two lead actors of âEmpire,â a new Fox series about a feuding entertainment-industry family.
Define pretext: a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs â pretext in a sentence a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairsâ¦
What is pretexting, and what does it have to do with identity theft? Many identity thieves have gained their victimâs financial and personal information using outright theft of documents, mail, or computer files. Some, however, use a sneaky technique, called âpretexting,â to trick a victim into literally handing over the very information that will be used to steal their identities.