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English to English noun
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something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity |  | Example: he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge
the holding company was just a blind
source: wordnet30
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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: webster1913
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