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subterfuge
Synonyms and Antonyms of subterfuge
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), craftiness, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, treachery, underhandedness, wiliness
crookedness, crookery, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, guile, guilefulness, hypocrisy, insincerity
Synonym Discussion of subterfuge
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- magicians are masters of deception
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- indicted for fraud
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- a go-between suspected of double-dealing
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- obtained the papers by subterfuge
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- resorted to trickery to gain their ends
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