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subterfuge
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Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
A trick or deception used to achieve an objective
The act of sabotaging something
A false show or pretence
The state or quality of being specious
An intentionally false statement
The action of evading something
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence
A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter
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Noun
▲
Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
trickery
chicanery
deceit
deviousness
evasion
hanky-panky
intrigue
jiggery-pokery
bluff
cheating
craft
craftiness
cunning
deception
dishonesty
duplicity
guile
slyness
artifice
chicane
fraud
fraudulence
gamesmanship
jugglery
legerdemain
pretense
US
pretence
UK
skulduggery
skullduggery
sophistry
wile
codology
kidology
device
funny business
monkey business
sharp practice
every trick in the book
mischief
machinations
shenanigans
goings-on
liaison
misbehavior
US
misbehaviour
UK
misconduct
adultery
fling
infidelity
knavery
unfaithfulness
affair
carryings-on
carry-on
devilry
extramarital sex
fooling around
fornication
monkeyshines
amour
dalliance
double-dealing
flirtation
fourberie
hankie-pankie
hokey-pokey
monkey tricks
playing around
romance
dirty pool
love affair
sexual activity
deceitfulness
underhandedness
unscrupulousness
wiles
duping
hoodwinking
swindling
artfulness
crookedness
dodge
flimflam
stratagems
double-crossing
feint
furtiveness
gambit
machination
management
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
nonsense
plot
ploy
ruse
stratagem
surreptitiousness
talk
verbiage
waffle
wire-pulling
misleading talk
hot air
smoke and mirrors
wiliness
foxiness
subtlety
scheme
strategy
trickiness
cleverness
cunningness
guilefulness
cageyness
caginess
canniness
cozenage
crookery
deceptiveness
dissembling
dissimulation
dupery
fakery
maneuvers
US
manoeuvres
UK
ploys
ruses
schemes
scheming
slickness
sneakiness
subtleness
tactics
tricks
contrivance
ingenuity
shrewdness
disingenuity
hokum
con
hoax
imposture
cheat
double-cross
hocus-pocus
joke
quackery
razzle-dazzle
scam
sleight of hand
sting
stunt
fast shuffle
shell game
snow job
bait and switch
bad faith
falsehood
falsity
corruption
treachery
untruthfulness
criminality
lying
perfidy
falseness
improbity
rascality
mendacity
unfairness
unjustness
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
graft
lawbreaking
lawlessness
shadiness
untrustworthiness
mendaciousness
knavishness
malfeasance
bunk
dirty tricks
faithlessness
infamy
insidiousness
perfidiousness
racket
stealing
swindle
concealment
feigning
hypocrisy
misrepresentation
faking
falsification
shamming
bluffing
cant
concealing
counterfeiting
disguising
insincerity
masking
piousness
posturing
sham
hiding
play-acting
shrouding
veiling
camouflage
disguise
suppression
manipulation
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
footwork
humbug
artful argument
specious reasoning
two-facedness
betrayal
disloyalty
dissemblance
dualism
duality
one-upmanship
treacherousness
twoness
dirty dealing
dirty trick
dirty work
Judas kiss
stab in back
ambidexterity
ambidextrousness
cozening
defrauding
entrapping
imposition
misleading
overreaching
trapping
two-timing
acting
invention
make-believe
simulation
fabrication
act
imagination
pose
posing
posture
self-deception
attitudinizing
charade
putting on an act
simulacrum
false colours
lack of veracity
illusion
masquerade
pretending
affectation
counterfeit
hoaxing
facade
front
show
guise
a put-on
a put-up job
behavior
US
behaviour
UK
business
conduct
events
happenings
affairs
incidents
activity
high jinks
comings and goings
hustle and bustle
toing and froing
fake
appearance
attitude
display
performance
façade
false display
semblance
stance
veneer
airs
playacting
chaser
dissimilation
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
put-on
stall
false front
soft soap
sweet talk
shuck and jive
cloak
cover
excuse
gag
imitation
mask
misstatement
ostentation
pretext
routine
schtick
shuffling
trick
veil
dumb act
false pretense
plea
blind
smokescreen
alleged reason
false excuse
ostensible reason
parody
supposed grounds
travesty
alibi
cause
cleanup
colour
UK
color
US
colouring
UK
coloring
US
cop-out
cover-up
face
grounds
red herring
cover story
fig leaf
song and dance
more ❯
“But what's possibly the most damning aspect of this is the level of dishonesty,
subterfuge
and cover-up.”
Noun
▲
A trick or deception used to achieve an objective
ploy
trick
artifice
dodge
ruse
manoeuvre
UK
stratagem
deception
machination
pretence
UK
pretext
shift
hoax
scheme
wile
bluff
con
expedient
fraud
intrigue
tactic
blind
evasion
game
masquerade
racket
sleight
smokescreen
stunt
caper
deviousness
duplicity
lurk
scam
wheeze
cheat
device
excuse
maneuver
US
plan
pretense
US
refuge
sham
imposture
contrivance
swindle
lie
canard
decoy
fake
leg-pull
misrepresentation
set-up
snare
sting
bunco
confidence trick
feint
flimflam
grift
gyp
hokum
porky
rort
con trick
fastie
fetch
flanker
rig
schlenter
Trojan horse
bilk
catch
chicane
cover-up
crock
fallacy
fib
gimmick
hogwash
hustle
illusion
jive
malarkey
mare's-nest
pork pie
ride
shuck
stall
story
trap
whitewash
wrinkle
confidence game
con game
fast one
fast shuffle
snow job
deceit
gambit
jig
juggle
knack
loophole
play
shenanigan
wangle
method
plot
strategy
move
chicanery
trickery
imposition
sharp practice
ambush
casuistry
circumvention
concealment
conspiracy
conundrum
cover
delusion
disguise
distortion
double-dealing
equivocation
fabrication
falsehood
forgery
invention
perjury
rip-off
treachery
show
bluster
humbug
charade
bombast
bragging
bravado
codology
false show
idle boast
kidology
put-on
boast
braggadocio
facade
front
jiving
snow
mere show
put-up job
false colors
false front
craft
resource
means
measure
step
expediency
makeshift
recourse
resort
stopgap
action
angle
bit
brainchild
child
gamesmanship
layout
one-upmanship
pitch
proposition
scenario
scene
setup
slant
switch
twist
course of action
line of action
booby trap
game plan
little game
sleight of hand
curveball
shenanigans
cunning plan
red herring
oldest trick in the book
distraction
mock attack
bait
duck
hoodwinking
make-believe
pretension
design
machinations
cabal
covin
frame-up
hookup
hype
picture
practice
secret plan
tactics
sell
sellout
spoof
crocodile tears
dirty trick
dirty work
soft soap
sweet talk
smoke and mirrors
cheating
duping
charlatanry
fraudulence
quackery
swindling
copy
counterfeit
faking
fiddle
hocus-pocus
imitation
impersonation
phoney
UK
phony
US
attention-grabber
commotion
deviation
distractor
disturbance
diversion
interruption
lure
curve ball
diversionary tactic
false clue
false face
false trail
fool's errand
misleading clue
smoke screen
wild-goose chase
net
toils
noose
entanglement
gin
meshes
morass
quagmire
quicksand
tanglement
web
pitfall
springe
allurement
come-on
dragnet
enticement
hook
inveiglement
lasso
prank
seducement
snag
temptation
bunko
diddle
kite
swizzle
boondoggle
joke
stratagems
practical joke
shell game
take-in
accomplishment
antic
escapade
feat
frolic
gag
gambol
jape
jest
lark
sport
tomfoolery
funny business
monkeyshine
cunning
guile
hanky-panky
jiggery-pokery
jugglery
legerdemain
skulduggery
skullduggery
artfulness
craftiness
slyness
beguilement
dishonesty
dissimulation
horseplay
monkeyshines
scheming
monkey business
savvy
collusion
plotting
conniving
manipulation
planning
underhandedness
unscrupulousness
complot
knavery
complication
deal
fix
graft
huggermugger
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
secrecy
dirty tricks
coinage
concoction
creation
innovation
formation
project
confederacy
fit-up
league
countermine
counterplot
disloyalty
frame
perfidy
sedition
treacherousness
golden circle
camouflage
cloak
mask
screen
faç
guise
costume
ade
beard
coverup
masking
paint
shade
shroud
veil
deceptive marking
false appearance
protective coloring
plain brown wrapper
cop-out
escape
ostensible reason
way around
cunningness
finesse
improvisation
pattern
purpose
way
clever move
idea
movement
operation
system
arrangement
blueprint
programme
UK
program
US
venture
enterprise
ground plan
master plan
crafty designs
grand design
plan of action
road map
strategem
honeytrap
irresistible bait
approach
tack
course
line
path
policy
road
plans
wiles
set of tactics
baloney
bamboozlement
cozening
hoaxing
jazz
plant
wrong
cover up
dirty pool
run around
shady deal
bill of goods
get-out
alibi
agenda
struggle
demarche
procedure
proceeding
shuffle
fancy footwork
more ❯
“Most people can see right through that type of
subterfuge
.”
Noun
▲
The act of sabotaging something
sabotage
disruption
interference
interruption
obstruction
destruction
subversion
undermining
conspiracy
treachery
treason
deception
spoiling
subversiveness
connivance
intrusion
machination
demolition
impediment
ruining
complicity
crippling
impedance
filibustering
inhibition
mischief
collusion
impairment
occlusion
counterplot
encumbrance
vandalism
countermine
hindrance
wrecking
damage
ecotage
incapacitation
deliberate damage
Noun
▲
A false show or pretence
masquerade
front
disguise
pretence
UK
deception
put-on
cover-up
facade
pose
act
dissimulation
guise
airs
charade
cloak
cover
mask
playacting
pretense
US
revel
screen
semblance
show
bluff
imposture
make-believe
mummery
play-acting
carnival
circus
colour
UK
color
US
concealment
costume
domino
festivity
impersonation
masked ball
masking
masquerade ball
personation
ruse
trick
veil
masked party
fancy dress party
Mardi Gras
costume ball
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being specious
speciousness
bogusness
fallacy
falseness
falsity
hollowness
inaccuracy
phoniness
aberration
ambiguity
artifice
bias
casuistry
cavil
deceit
deception
deceptiveness
delusion
deviation
elusion
equivocation
erratum
erroneousness
error
evasion
falsehood
faultiness
flaw
heresy
illogicality
inconsistency
inexactness
invalidity
misapprehension
miscalculation
misconstrual
misinterpretation
mistake
notion
paradox
perversion
preconception
prejudice
quirk
solecism
sophism
sophistry
spuriousness
untruth
non sequitur
quibbling
bastardy
illegitimacy
bar sinister
illusion
misconception
misbelief
myth
misjudgement
fallaciousness
fantasy
hallucination
misconstruction
false notion
mistaken belief
mistaken impression
misjudgment
faulty reasoning
unsound argument
more ❯
Noun
▲
An intentionally false statement
lie
fabrication
falsehood
fib
untruth
deception
falsity
fiction
falsification
prevarication
invention
mendacity
misinformation
dishonesty
disinformation
exaggeration
myth
perjury
sham
deceit
inaccuracy
porky
pretense
US
pretence
UK
story
white lie
dissimulation
distortion
gossip
guile
misrepresentation
misstatement
pretext
propaganda
tale
bulldust
fable
falseness
forgery
fraudulence
hyperbole
whopper
yarn
backbiting
detraction
evasion
taradiddle
tarradiddle
half-truth
departure from the truth
fairy tale
flight of fancy
made-up story
piece of fiction
tall story
tall tale
terminological inexactitude
trumped-up story
barefaced lie
fake news
figment of the imagination
little white lie
red herring
alternative fact
cock and bull story
fairy story
pork pie
porky pie
inveracity
aspersion
calumniation
calumny
canard
cock-and-bull story
defamation
libel
obloquy
revilement
reviling
slander
vilification
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
evasion
avoidance
dodging
elusion
shunning
circumvention
ducking
eluding
escape
shirking
cop-out
cunning
deception
fudging
pretext
shuffling
artifice
bypassing
equivocation
eschewal
eschewing
out
prevarication
ruse
shaking
sidestepping
trickery
bilking
evasiveness
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
ditch
dodge
equivocating
evading
excuse
fugiviteness
fugivity
jive
lie
quibble
routine
run-around
shift
skirting
slip
stall
stonewall
stonewalling
trick
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
Noun
▲
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
loophole
ambiguity
let-out
avoidance
crack
defect
discrepancy
dodge
escape
escape clause
evasion
excuse
fault
flaw
inadequacy
inconsistency
omission
plea
pretense
US
pretence
UK
pretext
shortcoming
slip
alternative
escape route
get-out
means of avoidance
means of evasion
out
outlet
technicality
workaround
let-out clause
means of escape
way out
Noun
▲
A peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour
quirk
peculiarity
eccentricity
idiosyncrasy
mannerism
oddity
foible
characteristic
fancy
habit
kink
whim
caprice
crotchet
singularity
trait
vagary
conceit
whimsy
notion
aberration
curiosity
erraticism
feature
fetish
individualism
obsession
quiddity
quip
tic
trick
twist
fad
hang-up
thing
accident
coincidence
equivocation
humour
UK
humor
US
idée fixe
irregularity
knack
quibble
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence
excuse
justification
reason
apology
plea
defence
UK
explanation
grounds
extenuation
mitigation
vindication
alibi
basis
cause
defense
US
palliation
pretext
apologia
argument
call
cleanup
cover
coverup
disguise
expedient
jive
makeshift
rationalisation
UK
rationalization
US
regrets
routine
semblance
shift
song
stall
stopgap
substitute
trick
whitewash
mitigating circumstances
cover story
fish story
song and dance
why and wherefore
Noun
▲
A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter
quibble
niggle
protest
cavil
complaint
objection
argument
criticism
equivocation
exception
grouse
grumble
moan
nicety
prevarication
query
beef
gripe
grouch
minor criticism
nitpicking
pettifogging
quiddity
sideswipe
sophism
trivial complaint
trivial objection
adverse comment
artifice
duplicity
hair-splitter
nit-picker
pretence
UK
pretense
US
quirk
shift
subtlety
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subterfuges
subterrane
subterranean
subterranean area
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subterranean passage
subtends
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subteens
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