subterfuge

sub·ter·fuge  (sbtr-fyj)

n.

A deceptive stratagem or device: "the paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature" (Robert Smith Surtees).

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[French, from Old French suterfuge, from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere, to escape : subter, secretly, beneath; see upo in Indo-European roots + fugere, to flee.]

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subterfuge [ˈsʌbtəˌfjuːdʒ]

n

a stratagem employed to conceal something, evade an argument, etc.

[from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere to escape by stealth, from subter secretly + fugere to flee]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

subterfuge - 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" blind deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

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subterfuge

noun trick, dodge, ploy, shift, manoeuvre, deception, evasion, pretence, pretext, ruse, artifice, duplicity, stratagem, deviousness, machination Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge.

Translations

subterfuge [ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ] N → subterfugio m

subterfuge [ˈsʌbtə^rfjuːdʒ] n → subterfuge m

subterfuge

n (= trickery) → Täuschung f, → List f; (= trick) → Trick m, → List f; to resort to subterfuge → zu einer List greifen; to be incapable of subterfuge → (zu) keiner Falschheit or List fähig sein

subterfuge [ˈsʌbtəfjuːdʒ] n → sotterfugio