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   Sub·ter·fuge

   /ˈsəbtərˌfyo͞oj/

   

   noun

   • 1. deceit used in order to achieve one's goal: "he had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions" Similar trickeryintriguedeviousnessevasiondeceitdeceptiondishonestycheatingduplicityguilecunningcraftcraftinessslynesschicanerybluffpretensefraudfraudulencesophistrysharp practiceinformal:monkey businessfunny businesshanky-pankyjiggery-pokerykidologyevery trick in the bookcodologytrickhoaxrusewileploystratagemartificedodgebluffmaneuvermachinationpretextpretenseexpedienttacticintrigueschemedeceptionfraudmasqueradeblindsmokescreensleightstuntgameinformal:conracketscamcaperwheezelurkarchaic:shiftOpposite honestyopenness

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, or from late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere ‘escape secretly’, from subter- ‘beneath’ + fugere ‘flee’.

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