stratagem
101ploy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. maneuver, stratagem. See plan, cunning. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. maneuver, device, action, trick, move, play, tactic, gambit, stratagem, subterfuge, goal, complication. III (Roget s Thesaurus… …
102subterfuge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ruse, shift, pretext, artifice, device, stratagem, cunning; evasion. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, device, artifice, ploy; see deception 1 , trick 1 . See Synonym Study at… …
103trap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pitfall, snare, net, deadfall; ambush; carriage; trapdoor; ( pl.) equipment, luggage. v. catch, entrap, [en]snare, net, enmesh, fool, ambush. See deception, vehicle. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A device to …
104FOLKLORE — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction …
105Capture — Cap ture, n. [L. capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F. capture. See {Caitiff}, and cf. {aptive}.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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… …
106Chicanery — Chi*can er*y, n. [F. chicanerie.] Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. [1913 Webster] Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam. Syn: Trickery; sophistry; stratagem. [1913 Webster] …
107Constructive fraud — Fraud Fraud (fr[add]d), n. [F. fraude, L. fraus, fraudis; prob. akin to Skr. dh[=u]rv to injure, dhv[.r] to cause to fall, and E. dull.] 1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which …
108Counterplot — Coun ter*plot (koun t?r pl?t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterplotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterplotting}.] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. [1913 Webster] Every wile had proved… …
109Counterplotted — Counterplot Coun ter*plot (koun t?r pl?t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterplotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterplotting}.] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. [1913 Webster] Every wile had… …
110Counterplotting — Counterplot Coun ter*plot (koun t?r pl?t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counterplotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counterplotting}.] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. [1913 Webster] Every wile had… …
