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Definition of Subterfuge
1. Noun. Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. "The holding company was just a blind"
Definition of Subterfuge
1. n. 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.
Definition of Subterfuge
1. Noun. An indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics. ¹
2. Noun. Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subterfuge
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subterfuge
Literary usage of Subterfuge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"265 [13 SE 554]) ; and if the explanation offered by him is supported only by
his own statement, the jury, if they believe it to be a mere subterfuge to ..."
2. The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls by George Jean Nathan (1921)
"§49 The Critical subterfuge.—The commonest subterfuge of the incompetent critic
is the concealing of ignorance under amiability. ..."
3. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"... and I will not violate the same by any trick or subterfuge whatsoever.' "
This oath is to be taken at Athens, by the senate and the state magistrates l? ..."
4. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"... Sensation produced by the Arrival of the Strangers — The First Horse seen by
the Islanders — Reflections—Miserable subterfuge of the French — Digression ..."
5. Typee: Areal Romance of the South Sea by Herman Melville (1892)
"... Islanders — Reflections — Miserable subterfuge of the French — Digression
concerning Tahiti — Seizure of the Island by the Admiral — Spirited Conduct of ..."
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