Thesaurus: subterfuge

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1. n. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.
2. n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
3. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an argument. I. Watts. By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory. Burke.
4. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; anartifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, orto justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of anargument. I. Watts.By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe byrendering it nugatory. Burke.
5. n:100 n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity