subterfuge

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

   They weren't sick--it was just a subterfuge.

Borrowed from Middle French subterfuge m, from Medieval Latin subterfugium n, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugiō (“to flee”).

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