noun

subterfuge

subterfuge, deceit, trickery

He used subterfuge to get the secret information.

He used subterfuge to get the secret information.

to use subterfuge to employ deceit to achieve a goal He used subterfuge to get the information.

Synonyms: trickery, deception, artifice, ruse; Antonyms: honesty, openness

From Latin 'subter' (beneath, secretly) + 'fugere' (to flee). It means 'to flee secretly'.

Imagine someone fleeing ('fuge') 'under' ('subter') the cover of darkness. It's a secret escape, a trick.

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