(n) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity, Syn.blind, Example: he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge; the holding company was just a blind
(adj) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); ; - Bertrand Russell, Syn.subterraneous, ulterior, Example: subterranean motives for murder; looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ F., from LL. subterfugium, fr. L. subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape; subter under + fugere to flee. See Fugitive. ] That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. [ 1913 Webster ]
Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an argument. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ } a. [ L. subterraneus; sub under + terra earth. See Terrace. ] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage. -- Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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