Manoeuvre

Noun

 * 1)  A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
 * 2)  A large movement of military troops.
 * The British army was on manoeuvres.

Verb

 * 1)  To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.

Thesaurus
artifice, contrive, demarche, device, devise, dodge, drill, drive, engineer, exercise, finagle, finesse, gambit, guide, intrigue, jockey, machinate, machination, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, operation, plan, plot, ploy, run, ruse, scheme, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, tactic, training, trick, wangle, wile

Alternative forms

 * maneuver, manœuvre , manoeuver , manouver , manouvre