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Meanings of subterfuge in English

Portuguese
estratagema
Catalan
subterfugi

Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.

        estratagema
        Usage of subterfuge in English
        1
        As they have four children a certain amount of subterfuge is required.
        The Irish Times
        2
        And the unsuspecting male in him responded, innocent of the simple subterfuge.
        A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
        3
        Witherow defended the use of blagging and subterfuge in the public interest.
        The Guardian
        4
        I would think subterfuge would work better here than trying a siege.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        5
        It was a long, convoluted investigation, requiring subterfuge on both their parts.
        Map of bones
        6
        His amazingly clever subterfuge in allowing Barnes to think that room No.
        Green Fancy
        7
        This was why he boarded Phips in Cheapside without subterfuge or disguise.
        The Trail of the Sword, Volume 3
        8
        The impression of subterfuge and caution he conveyed left his observer unsatisfied.
        Four Weird Tales
        9
        In fact, he no longer believed subterfuge to be of any avail.
        Fire-Tongue
        10
        But on the threshold he gave me back my sorry little subterfuge.
        The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
        11
        The whole thing was a subterfuge, and was meant to bother me.
        The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
        12
        Spelling is the corner-stone, the grand, underlying subterfuge, of a good eddication.
        The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
        13
        And yet this quaint subterfuge should not be carried quite so far.
        Mince Pie
        14
        Each spoke to the other as to himself, without reservation or subterfuge.
        The Crock of Gold
        15
        Really, I know it is only a subterfuge to avoid being scolded.
        A People's Man
        16
        There was no hope of deluding or misleading him by diplomatic subterfuge.
        Devereux — Volume 05
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