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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. Source: opted
2. n. a maneuver in a game or conversation Source: wordnet
3. n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Source: wordnet
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. Source: webster
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. Source: adambom
6. n:100 n a maneuver in a game or conversation n an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Source: ecdict

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