Synonyms for subterfuge
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhb-ter-fyooj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌb tərˌfyudʒ |
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Définition of subterfuge
Origin :- 1570s, from Middle French subterfuge, from Late Latin subterfugium "an evasion," from Latin subterfugere "to evade, escape, flee by stealth," from subter "beneath, secretly" + fugere "flee" (see fugitive).
- noun deception
- noun cheating
- There is not a subterfuge or an evasion or a small mean deceit in her soul.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- There might be no subterfuge in answer to words so earnest, and Mr. Galloway did not attempt any.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- She had never been hard upon female trickery and subterfuge.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Do you descend, sir, to a subterfuge, when I ask you for an explanation?
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
- We must procure the key from the prelate by some subterfuge.
- Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
- It was only his subterfuge—he thought Pete would not marry without him.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- Colonel Pride's name is on the package, but may not that be a subterfuge?
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- Every lie, trick, subterfuge you can imagine, was practised on poor me.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- You would n't be a Frenchman if you had n't a subterfuge to escape a meeting!
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- This man had presented his innermost self unclothed by any subterfuge.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
Antonyms for subterfuge
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