n. the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
The students pretended to be sick as a subterfuge to taking the test.
The students pretended to be sick as a subterfuge to taking the test.
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deception; scheme; trickery; trick
honesty
3 syllables
sub-ter-fuge
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