subterfuge

sub·ter·fuge

S0854800 (sŭb′tər-fyo͞oj′)n.1. Deception used to achieve an end: tried to get her to sign the contract by subterfuge.2. A deceptive stratagem or device: The meeting was a subterfuge to get him out of his office while it was searched.

[French, from Old French suterfuge, from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere, to escape : subter, secretly, beneath; see upo in Indo-European roots + fugere, to flee.]

subterfuge

(ˈsʌbtəˌfjuːdʒ) na stratagem employed to conceal something, evade an argument, etc[C16: from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere to escape by stealth, from subter secretly + fugere to flee]

sub•ter•fuge

(ˈsʌb tərˌfyudʒ)

n. an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, etc. [1565–75; < Late Latin subterfugium= Latin subterfug(ere) to evade (subter below + fugere to flee)]

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Noun

subterfuge - something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"blinddeception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

subterfuge

noun trick, dodge, ploy, shift, manoeuvre, deception, evasion, pretence, pretext, ruse, artifice, duplicity, stratagem, deviousness, machination Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge.

subterfuge

nounAn indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile.Informal: shenanigan, take-in.

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noun trick

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Synonyms for subterfuge

noun an indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end

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Synonyms for subterfuge

noun something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

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