Definition of stratagem

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Strata (n.) pl. of Stratum.

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Prize :: Prize (n.) That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power..
Trapan :: Trapan (v. t.) To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
Simple :: Simple (a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true..
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Counterplot :: Counterplot (v. t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem..
Craftiness :: Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Low :: Low (superl.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem..
Trap :: Trap (v. t.) Fig.: To insnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
Chicanery :: Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..
Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
Policy :: Policy (n.) Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem..
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
Supplant :: Supplant (n.) To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince..
Strath :: Strategy (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice.
Trickery :: Trickery (n.) The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
Wily :: Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle..
Elude :: Elude (v. t.) To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow..
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