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subterfuge

n.
US //ˈsəbtɝfˌjudʒ// UK //sˈʌbtəfjˌuːdʒ// sub·terfuge
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French subterfuge m, from Medieval Latin subterfugium n, from Latin subterfugiō (“I flee secretly”), from subter (“under”) and fugiō (“I flee”).

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