subterfuge
suhb ter fyoohj
- n something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge
- He has succeeded by mastering a tactic that is crucial in a body in which any one member can bring the place to a halt as a ploy or out of pique: subterfuge.
- Last week Israeli officials allowed the full extent of Lotz's subterfuge to be revealed by official sources for the first time.
- Yet the educated had access to such information and could use subterfuge to buy "French" products, which were really condoms and other barrier methods, and "feminine hygiene .