"Without this elaborate charade I would never have suspected you existed."

Was this all just an elaborate charade to get the vault open?

Hakeswill made an elaborate charade of looking right and left.

Was it worth the elaborate charade of letting him escape?

We had an ally who wanted to hide behind an elaborate charade.

The next twenty-four hours were crucial, the reason she had agreed to this elaborate charade.

I worked out an elaborate charade to account for my trip.

Does this succession of events amount to an elaborate charade?

So they put it there in an elaborate charade to attract down a probe.

So it was a simple kidnap, not an elaborate charade.