ploy

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  1. noun An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market” (Jill Smolowe).

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  • Your ploy was a good one and I do not belittle it; indeed I will learn from it. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
  • "It's an underhanded ploy which is driven by this external force with a very clear agenda." —  Iowa City Press-Citizen - Local News
  • The true danger of Mohammed's ploy is his attempt to turn the military tribunals into a mockery. —  FP Passport
  • The Kadima ploy, a party that attempted to occupy a middle ground, may have run its course. —  Power Line
  • Joe Conason also sniffs out a Democratic ploy -- and he's heartened. —  detnews.com - Metro-State
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ruse ·  subterfuge ·  stratagem ·  gambit ·  tactic ·  maneuver ·  feint ·  machinations ·  hoax ·  trick ·  expedient ·  stunt

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ploy:   ploys
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Perhaps from employ, employment (obsolete).

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  1. Abbr. of employ.
  2. Cf. deploy.
 

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