Thesaurus: stratagem

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1. n. An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.
2. n. a maneuver in a game or conversation
3. n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
4. An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak. Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. Pope.
5. An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, ingeneral, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak.Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, butwe that dream. Pope.
6. n:100 n a maneuver in a game or conversation n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade