In the end, however, all the stealth and subterfuge were for naught, as the young publicity agent couldn't keep the secret.
-- Larry Tye, The Father of Spin
She has also complained . . . that the reporter used subterfuge to interview her, pretending to be the mother of an inmate.
-- Roy Greenslade, "Filthy rags", The Guardian, January 11, 2001
He is adept at subterfuge, at gaining entry to factories by masquerading as a laborer, a wholesaler, an exporter.
-- Jonathan Silvers, "Child Labor in Pakistan", The Atlantic, February 1996