noun
- a deceptive device or stratagem used to avoid or escape something
Examples
- He used subterfuge to avoid paying his taxes.
- The spy employed various subterfuges to gather information.
- Her elaborate subterfuge fooled everyone at the party.
- The company’s financial subterfuge was eventually exposed.
- Without subterfuge, he told them exactly what had happened.
- The politician’s subterfuge backfired when the truth came out.