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subterfuge (noun):
1: deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
2: a deceptive device or stratagem
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Though subterfuge is a synonym of deception, fraud, double-dealing, and trickery, there's nothing tricky about the word's etymology. We borrowed the word and meaning from Late Latin subterfugium. That word contains the Latin prefix subter-, meaning "secretly," which derives from the adverb subter, meaning "underneath." The -fuge portion comes from the Latin verb fugere, which means "to flee" and which is also the source of words such as fugitive and refuge, among others.
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