Subterfuge (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The politician's promise to lower taxes was just a subterfuge to get elected and then raise them again.
- The company's environmental initiative was merely a subterfuge to distract from their own polluting practices.
- He claimed to be a freelance writer, but it was just a subterfuge to explain his lack of a steady job.
- The offshore account was a subterfuge to hide the company's true profits from tax authorities.
- The charity was just a subterfuge for the wealthy donor to funnel money to his own business ventures.