obreption noun.
[ǝ'brɛpʃ(ǝ)n] LME.[French, or Latin obreptio(n-), from obrept- pa. ppl stem of obrepere creep up to, steal up on, from ob- OB- + repere creep: see -ION.]The action of obtaining something by fraud; an attempt to do this;
spec. in
Ecclesiastical &
Scots Law, the obtaining of a dispensation, gift, etc., by false statement. Cf.
SUBREPTION 1.
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