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subterfuge(2)(dictionary)
subterfuge(dictionary)

subterfuge (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere 'to escape', from subter- 'secretly' + fugere 'to run away']
formal a secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of this
by subterfuge
::Sereni was lured to Moscow by subterfuge.