Stratagem

Noun

 * 1) A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand.  Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation.

Related terms

 * strategic
 * strategist
 * strategy

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, ad hoc measure, alibi, answer, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, cabal, catch, chicanery, chouse, cloak, collusion, color, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, countermove, counterplot, coup, course of action, cover, cover story, cover-up, covin, craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deep-laid plot, demarche, design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, effort, engineering, excuse, expedient, facade, fakement, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, finagling, finesse, frame-up, front, gambit, game, gimmick, gloss, googly, grift, guise, handle, hocus-pocus, improvisation, intrigue, joker, juggle, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, knavery, lame excuse, last expedient, last resort, last shift, little game, locus standi, lure, machination, makeshift, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation, mask, means, measure, move, ostensible motive, pass, pis aller, plan, play, plot, plotting, ploy, poor excuse, pretense, pretension, pretext, protestation, public motive, put-off, racket, red herring, refuge, resort, resource, rigging, ruse, scheme, schemery, scheming, screen, scurvy trick, semblance, shake-up, sham, shift, show, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, smoke screen, solution, stalking-horse, step, stopgap, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, tactic, temporary expedient, trick, trickery, trump, underplot, varnish, veil, web of intrigue, wile, wily device, wire-pulling, working hypothesis, working proposition

Etymology
From stratageme: <  strategema: <  στρατήγεμα: < undefined: < στρατηγός:; see strategy:.

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