Stratagem
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English
Noun
Stratagem (plural Stratagems)- A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand. Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation.
Adjectives for Stratagem
successful; deadlier; vicious; daring; clumsy; clever; brilliant; military.
Verbs for Stratagem
conceive—; concoct—; devise—; employ—; frame—; hatch—; practice—; resort to—; —accomplishes; —baffles; —baits; —be-fools; —beguiles; —bluffs; —confounds; ——decoys; —defrauds; —deludes; —distracts; —diverts; —entices; —frustrates; —hoodwinks; —lures; —rebuffs; —repulses; —routs; —snares ; —succeeds ; —thwarts.
Thesaurus
action, alibi, answer, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, cabal, catch, chicanery, cloak, collusion, color, complicity, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, coup, course of action, cover, cover story, cover-up, craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deep-laid plot, design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, effort, engineering, excuse, expedient, facade, fast deal, feint, fetch, finagling, finesse, frame-up, front, gambit, game, gimmick, gloss, googly, guise, handle, improvisation, intrigue, joker, juggle, jugglery, knavery, lame excuse, last expedient, last resort, last shift, little game, lure, machination, makeshift, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation, mask, means, measure, move, ostensible motive, pass, plan, play, plot, plotting, ploy, poor excuse, pretense, pretension, pretext, protestation, public motive, put-off, racket, red herring, refuge, resort, resource, rigging, ruse, scheme, scheming, screen, scurvy trick, semblance, shake-up, sham, shift, show, sleight, smoke screen, solution, stalking-horse, step, stopgap, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, tactic, trick, trickery, trump, varnish, veil, wile, wily device,
