0 a trick or a dishonest way of achieving something:
It was clear that they must have obtained the information by subterfuge.
Archaeologists who have turned their attention to creolization, the seemingly positive side of cultural engagement, have usually performed a sleight-of-hand subterfuge.
He enjoyed wearing exotic non-regulation uniforms and had developed a unique surreptitious walk that lent an air of subterfuge to everything that he did.
It can only look for subterfuges of antiquity.
We had to use constant subterfuge to get it past the mandarins.
While this may be subterfuge, one cannot simply assume that it is.
All parties appear to gain by denouncing the hypocrisy behind the subterfuge of denying that the con-ict had been a war.
Rationing scarce medical resources according to just deserts is not made legitimate by subterfuge.
Early reviews on the subject suggested that subterfuge and working around the patient was the only strategy.
