Definition of subterfuge

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sub·ter·fuge    (sbtr-fyj) KEY 

NOUN:

A deceptive stratagem or device: "the paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature" (Robert Smith Surtees).

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ETYMOLOGY:
French, from Old French suterfuge, from Late Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugere, to escape : subter, secretly, beneath; see upo in Indo-European roots + fugere, to flee