About The Word Stratagem
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Stratagem
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What's The Definition Of Stratagem?
[n] a maneuver in a game or conversation
[n] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" Synonyms | Synonyms for Stratagem: contrivance | dodge | gambit | ploy Related Terms | Find terms related to Stratagem: See Also | maneuver | manoeuvre | plant | scheme | strategy | tactical maneuver | tactical manoeuvre | wangle | wangling Stratagem In Webster's Dictionary \Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp.
estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as
being spread out; cf. {Stratum}) + ? to lead. See {Agent}.]
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.
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