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

n. An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.

n. Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.

n. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.

n. That to which a person resorts for escape or concealment; a shift; an evasion; artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument.

n. Synonyms Shift, etc. (see evasion), excuse, trick, quirk, shuffle, pretense, pretext, mask, blind.

n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

"Regarding archives being deleted, it seems to me that a little subterfuge is required here, if you think your blog/newspaper is going to be bought out by megacorp, burn a copy on disc, say nothing, and take it home."

deception    misrepresentation    deceit   

shift    evasion    artifice    pretest    expedient   

deception    evasion    stratagem    artifice    ruse    trickery    dissimulation    sophistry    guile    chicanery