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subterfuge

[ suhb-ter-fyooj ]

noun

  1. an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

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subterfuge

/ 藞蝉蕦产迟蓹藢蹿箩耻藧诲萧 /

noun

  1. a stratagem employed to conceal something, evade an argument, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of subterfuge1

1565鈥75; < Late Latin subterfugium, equivalent to Latin subterfug ( ere ) to evade ( subter below + fugere to flee) + -ium -ium
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of subterfuge1

C16: from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere to escape by stealth, from subter secretly + fugere to flee
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Barbara, 70, even had a Canadian lapel pin in her pocket 鈥 a gift from another tourist - which she thought might come in useful if further subterfuge proved necessary.

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He agonized over their 22-year-old son, who had just witnessed his mother鈥檚 violent death, and vowed not to cheat the law with 鈥渟ubterfuge.鈥

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Teenage Misty just wants to be liked, which is sympathetic but really doesn鈥檛 justify all the murder and subterfuge.

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What need would an evolved society have for a clandestine branch of special agents greenlit to engage in subterfuge, assassinations, and other grim dirty work?

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Last November, the group claimed their contracts were invalid, due to what they alleged was a pattern of bullying, harassment and subterfuge at the company.

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