Collocations for pretext - noun

flimsy
Several schools banned the game on flimsy pretexts.

false
This was a false pretext to attack another country.

give sb, provide (sb with)
find, invent
He considered inventing some pretext for calling her.

on a/the pretext
He disappeared into his study on the pretext that he had work to do there.

under a/the pretext
Under the pretext of checking her identity, the man had copied down her credit card details.

pretext for
He used his research as a pretext for going to Hungary.

at the slightest pretext, on the slightest pretext
He keeps popping into my office on the slightest pretext.