subterfuge

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(sŭb'tər-fyūj') pronunciation
n.
A deceptive stratagem or device: "the paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature" (Robert Smith Surtees).

[French, from Old French suterfuge, from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere, to escape : subter, secretly, beneath + fugere, to flee.]


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noun

    An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile. Informal shenanigan, take-in. See honest/dishonest, means.

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Definition: trickery
Antonyms: honesty, openness

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - påskud, udflugt

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitvlucht

Français (French)
n. - subterfuge

Deutsch (German)
n. - Täuschungsmanöver, Trick

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πρόσχημα, υπεκφυγή

Italiano (Italian)
sotterfugio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subterfúgio (m)

Русский (Russian)
увертка, уловка, ухищрение

Español (Spanish)
n. - subterfugio, escapatoria, evasiva

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - undanflykt, förevändning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
遁辞, 托辞, 借口

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 遁辭, 托辭, 藉口

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 둔사, 구실, 속임

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 逃げ口上, 口実, ごまかし

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תחבולה, תכסיס, התחמקות, השתמטות, אמתלה, תואנה‬


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