subterfuge
Example Sentences
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Subterfuge of this kind was to become unacceptable to academic psychologists after Milgram’s experiments, which provoked an outcry.
From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2018
Subterfuge and misdirection: So what the heck is going on with Devin Nunes?
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2017
Subterfuge has no place in this company's established policy of complying with the letter and spirit of State Department requirements.
From Time Magazine Archive
Subterfuge was no longer possible, even had it been of his nature, and he resolved upon making a clean breast of it.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
Subterfuge or not," interposed the princess, "this solitary walk was highly improper.
From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
Vocabulary lists containing subterfuge
The Great Gatsby
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A Web of Lies
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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