Subterfuge is a trick or a dishonest way of getting what you want. Most people can see right through that type of subterfuge. a secret trick or slightly dishonest way of doing something, or the use of this by subterfuge (subterfugium, from subterfugere , from subter- + fugere )
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion
something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind