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 )
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