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Sentence example with the word 'subterfuge'
subterfuge
airtight secrecy, caviling, covering, discreetness, falseness, hallucination, locus standi, plot, screening, spoofery, willful misconception
Definition
n.
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
Last update: January 28, 2016
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Her claim to a journalist was simply a
subterfuge
to go into the theatre without paying.
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Her claim to a journalist was simply a
subterfuge
to gut into the theatre without paying.
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HMS Unseen is a story about the terrorists who use
subterfuge
to get their results.
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Any such
subterfuge
would be immediately apparent in a viva voce examination, much to the embarrassment of the student concerned.
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I detest, as I do death, the man who employs
subterfuge
in his words and conduct.
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Wopsle full of
subterfuge
.
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Rand told him about the
subterfuge
of the trumped-up murder charge.
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It would be a
subterfuge
--the whole thing would be a
subterfuge
.
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She could not see any need now for this
subterfuge
, and it annoyed her.
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There must not be
subterfuge
or secrecy any longer.
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