subterfuge

Example Sentences

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“The Baron of Wall Street” proclaims that Dillon—not alone in his era—enriched himself through “chicanery, subterfuge, and graft.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Winners are required to do polygraph - lie detector - tests in an effort to deter subterfuge, according to reporting from Cleveland.com.

From BBC

There was no further subterfuge required, no weather to contend with and plenty of time to set up, which theoretically made Thursday’s walk easier than some of his previous stunts.

From Washington Post

Working with La Dame Blanche, the young Elinor was told by a resistance leader that the Germans never suspect women of subterfuge, but “they have no idea what we are capable of inflicting upon them.”

From Washington Post

As I’ve reported before, they often hide their intentions behind a scrim of impenetrable jargon, plainly hoping that Americans won’t do the necessary math to penetrate their subterfuge.

From Los Angeles Times