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Adjective: diversionary  dI'vur-zhu,ne-ree [N. Amer], dI'vur-zhu-n(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
    "How well do various diversionary explanations work in the China case?"

See also: indirect

Encyclopedia: Diversionary