Definition of stratagem

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Strata (n.) pl. of Stratum.

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Trickery :: Trickery (n.) The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
Trapan :: Trapan (n.) A snare; a stratagem; a trepan. See 3d Trepan.
Counterplot :: Counterplot (v. t.) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem..
Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..
Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..
Plot :: Plot (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot..
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.
Trap :: Trap (n.) Fig.: A snare; an ambush; a stratagem; any device by which one may be caught unawares.
Low :: Low (superl.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract by stratagem; to entice; to allure..
Net :: Net (v. t.) To take in a net; to capture by stratagem or wile.
Practicer :: Practicer (n.) One who uses art or stratagem.
Shark :: Shark (v. i.) To live by shifts and stratagems.
Wile :: Wile (n.) A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement..
Trunkwork :: Trunkwork (n.) Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem.
Craftiness :: Craftiness (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Simple :: Simple (a.) Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true..
Plot :: Plot (v. i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
Manoeuvre :: Manoeuvre (n.) Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.
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