Category:Subterfuge

Sub"ter*fuge, n. Etym: [f., from ll. subterfugium, fr. L. Subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape; subter under + fugere to Flee. See fugitive.]

Defn: 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. Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an Argument. I. Watts. By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by Rendering it nugatory. Burke.