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subterfuge

[ suhb-ter-fyooj ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
Synonyms: ruse, dodge, trick, scheme, deception

subterfuge

/ ˈsʌbtəˌfjuːdʒ /

1565–75; < Late Latin subterfugium, equivalent to Latin subterfug ( ere ) to evade ( subter below + fugere to flee) + -ium -ium

C16: from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere to escape by stealth, from subter secretly + fugere to flee

The websites, subterfuge, and paid surrogates cost them money.

Delving into why this slaughter never happened uncovers a story of spy-craft, subterfuge and tightly-kept secrets.

So why, after a year of careful subterfuge, did Harry decide to publicly embrace Cressida on Wednesday morning?

The witnesses were used in the worst possible way, as a sort of subterfuge to play on emotions.

The best way to dismantle Israel as a Jewish state is through subterfuge.

"Only as a sister should think of an absent brother," returned Dorothy, ashamed of the subterfuge.

I never feared any thing but guilt, and I will not purchase life at the expense of a base subterfuge.

Necessity drove me to subterfuge: I pretended total inability to distinguish the needles.

He passionately denounced the surrender, the "policy of subterfuge and crooked ways," which threatened to founder Italy.

This was too transparent a subterfuge to deceive one even so unaccustomed to life in these solitudes as Jack Dudley.

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