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Stratagem

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Noun

1. gambit, ploy, stratagem

a maneuver in a game or conversation

2. contrivance, dodge, stratagem

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

Example Sentences:
'his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stratagem

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noun
a plan or trick, esp one to deceive an enemy

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Stratagem

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noun
1. 
a trick, scheme, or plan for deceiving an enemy in war
2. 
any trick or scheme for achieving some purpose

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stratagem

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n.
1. A scheme or maneuver designed to achieve an objective, as in surprising an enemy or deceiving someone. See Synonyms at wile.
2. The devising or execution of such schemes or maneuvers: "This devious, insinuating creature, whose every word and movement seemed part of the spinning of some invisible net of stratagem" (Richard Adams).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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