Subterfuge

Subterfuge Definition

Deception or a deceptive strategy used to conceal one's intentions or achieve a goal.

Common in formal, literary, and analytical writing but less frequent in everyday speech.

Subterfuge is a noun.

Subterfuge has high GRE relevance.

Subterfuge Synonyms

artifice , deception , ruse , stratagem , trickery

How To Use Subterfuge In A Sentence

1. The negotiations collapsed when the committee discovered the company's subterfuge.
2. He used subterfuge to conceal his involvement in the scheme.
3. Rather than confront the issue directly, the official relied on bureaucratic subterfuge.