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Ruse
Answer for the clue "Ruse ", 4 letters:
ploy
Alternative clues for the word ploy
Word definitions for ploy in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1722, "anything with which one amuses oneself," Scottish and northern England dialect, possibly a shortened form of employ or deploy . Popularized in the sense "move or gambit made to gain advantage" by British humorist Stephen Potter (1900-1969).
Usage examples of ploy.
One facet of their ploy was to claim that all Kings since the Abdication of Chivalry were pretenders, that the bastardy of FitzChivalry Farseer was wrongly construed as an obstacle to his inheriting the throne.
He became fully aware of the political ploys, the secret deals and dirty tricks, Brount employed to solidify his control over the territory.
There were book tapes and musicassettes enough to make sure she would not be bored, even if she had not had ploys of her own to occupy the time.
I was less a partaker of their ploys and banquets, either at birth, bridal, or burial.
For a few dizzy seconds I considered the possibility of a conspiracy, an elaborate ploy by Nina and Willi to confuse me into thinking that only one threat remained.
Or was it a legitimate ploy to give Eugene the same advantage that Crush Bonbon hadaccesss to public opinion?
Lucas scrambled to get to Dels, picked him up, and filled him in on the Spooner ploy.
If not for her ploy, Felicity knew her chances of visiting Randwulf Manor or, more farfetched, being invited to join aristocrats at their leisure would have been nil.
Sticking the ice wagon in the leadoff slot had been another quixotic front office ploy.
She still did not know what ploy her littermate was engaged in, but that he held some touch with Lormt, with the Lady Mereth, there was no denial.
As a political ploy to gain the support of the Roman Army, the early Christians took the entire series of rituals from a religion called the Mithraists and turned it into their Mass.
He had terrified Madam Shing into calling on me and telling his lie for him -- he knew the ploy had worked, because it got both me and the police there -- and he wanted to make further use of me.
The officers tried a number of psychological ploys, carefully crafted to trick Raimunda into a confession, but the spindly 12-year-old stuck resolutely to his story of the smoking globes and the floating shadow.
One facet of their ploy was to claim that all Kings since the Abdication of Chivalry were pretenders, that the bastardy of FitzChivalry Farseer was wrongly construed as an obstacle to his inheriting the throne.
This could be yet another ploy, or a test, or whatever peace mediators did to their victims.