subterfuge
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Noun
subterfuges, plural;
/ˈsəbtərˌfyo͞oj/,
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subterfuges, plural;
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Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
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A statement or action resorted to in order to deceive
Web Definitions:
- 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"
- Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
- Subterfuge is a 1968 British espionage film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Gene Barry, Joan Collins and Richard Todd.
- An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics; Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity
- A clever trick or strategy used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
- a deceptive scheme or strategy, deceitful evasion
- An artifice to escape censure or the force of an argument.