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subterfuge

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  1. deception             
 
sub.ter.fuge \'s*b-t*r-.fyu:j\ n [LL subterfugium, fr. L subterfugere to 
   escape, evade, fr. subte]r- secretly (fr. subter underneath) + fugere to 
   flee; akin to L sub under - more at UP, FUGITIVE : deception by artifice or 
   stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade