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Example sentences for: subterfuge
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From there it was easy to make the transition to taking goods by subterfuge or by force.
While the ambassador on an island near Nicaragua prepares to bring in the Special Forces in case of a "full-scale effort," shadier men with terrorist friends and lots of experience in international subterfuge are busy plotting with "the other guy" to make such an "effort" occur.
The tabs were certainly taken in by Paul McCartney's subterfuge about where his wife spent her last days.
We think of subterfuge and skulduggery to explain submulgery; coaxed by ensqualm, we recall ensnare, qualm, and squall; for bifaulgulate, ungulate and a host of words beginning with the prefix bi- come to mind.
The editorial goes on to call for a special counsel and says it would be a political subterfuge to limit him/her to Mr. Gore.