subterfuge \SUB-tur-fyooj\, noun:
A deceptive device or stratagem.
Another collector would have stocked up solely on masterpieces, but Beistegui was happy to achieve the effects he wanted through sleight of hand and keen subterfuge.
--Mitchell Owens, "In France, Parting Glances at a Pleasure Dome." New York Times, June 24, 1999
In just the past few months, the combatants have managed a display of cat fighting with enough deal making, deal breaking, back stabbing and subterfuge to make baseball owners and intelligence operatives look like rank amateurs.
--Ashley Dunn, "Big War in Cyberspace. What If Nobody Wins?" New York Times, April 7, 1996
The paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature.
--Robert Smith Surtees
A deceptive device or stratagem.
Another collector would have stocked up solely on masterpieces, but Beistegui was happy to achieve the effects he wanted through sleight of hand and keen subterfuge.
--Mitchell Owens, "In France, Parting Glances at a Pleasure Dome." New York Times, June 24, 1999
In just the past few months, the combatants have managed a display of cat fighting with enough deal making, deal breaking, back stabbing and subterfuge to make baseball owners and intelligence operatives look like rank amateurs.
--Ashley Dunn, "Big War in Cyberspace. What If Nobody Wins?" New York Times, April 7, 1996
The paltry subterfuge of an anonymous signature.
--Robert Smith Surtees