Synonyms:
subterfuge, blind
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
Of all the souls that stand create I have elected one. When sense from spirit files away, And subterfuge is done;
Dr Simon had come and gone, optimistic and urbane, yet with a faint inward dissatisfaction over a patient behind whose taciturnity a hint of mockery and subterfuge seemed to lurk.