Definition of stratagem

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Strata (n.) pl. of Stratum.

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Simple :: Simple (a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true..
Coup :: Coup (n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
Intrigue :: Intrigue (v. i.) A complicated plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
Insnare :: Insnare (v. t.) To take by wiles, stratagem, or deceit; to involve in difficulties or perplexities; to seduce by artifice; to inveigle; to allure; to entangle..
Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..
Fraud :: Fraud (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
Liripoop :: Liripoop (n.) Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem..
Finesse :: Finesse (a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..
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..
Practice :: Practice (v. i.) To try artifices or stratagems.
Trickery :: Trickery (n.) The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
Strath :: Strategy (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice.
Trap :: Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
Capture :: Capture (n.) The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal..
Trapan :: Trapan (n.) A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan.
Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..
Chicanery :: Chicanery (n.) Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Practicer :: Practicer (n.) One who uses art or stratagem.
Trapan :: Trapan (v. t.) To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
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