During that strategic meeting, they employed a tactic of accomplishing one objective under the guise of another, openly discussing economic reforms while secretly adjusting military deployments.
to feign one thing while doing something else; to divert someone's attention towards something while secretly doing something else to achieve one's goal
In this business negotiation, he adopted a strategy of feigning one intention while secretly pursuing another, engaging in friendly conversation on the surface while covertly planning a takeover.
