English to English
noun
- something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
He wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge.
The holding company was just a blind.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [sábterfiudch] Pagtakas; pagtataanán
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog