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What is the noun for subterfuge?

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subterfuge
  1. (countable) An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics.
  2. (uncountable) Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “But what's possibly the most damning aspect of this is the level of dishonesty, subterfuge and cover-up.”
      “We must object to the use of a subterfuge, or the use of a technicality for the evasion of a law, on the part of a defendant.”
      “Getting a Soviet visa took months of lying, subterfuge and the judicious placing of bottles of whisky on appropriate desks in Moscow.”
subterfuges
  1. plural of subterfuge
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So far, it looks as if, through a series of subterfuges and evasions, there will be neither an adequate investigation nor any accountability.”
      “There were reports of voters being bused between one polling station and another, plus other well-honed Russian subterfuges.”
      “How could she be gentle, and kind, and tender, confronted with all these wretched subterfuges and false pretenses?”
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