stratagem Synonyms

ploy gambit gimmick strategy sleight shift sham scheme ruse pretext pretense pretence policy plot plan subterfuge swindle scam confidence trick bunco booby trap setup course of action wile underplot trickery trick trap take-in tactics tactic move manoeuvre deception deceit covin coup contrivance conspiracy connivance collusion chicanery chicane blind artifice alibi device devisal dodge maneuver