stratagem

Words with a similar base: stratagem

'stratagem'

[ploy.n.02] as in: a maneuver in a game or conversation

'stratagem'

[contrivance.n.03] as in: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

Examples:
his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track

Origins

					stratagem (English)
└── stratageme (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── strategema (Latin)
        ├── στρατήγεμα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
        └── στρατήγημα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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