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ruses

NOUN

trick, deception

Synonyms

STRONGEST

feint game plan gimmick hoax ploy sham stratagem stunt subterfuge

STRONG

angle artifice blind deceit device dodge gambit game imposture jig maneuver scenario shenanigans shift switch twist wile

WEAK

booby trap curveball

Antonyms

STRONG

frankness honesty openness reality stagnation truth truthfulness

Example Sentences

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Skipton’s devious ruses and desperate escapades prove diverting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The specific issue with the windbreakers was that ICE agents were engaging in various ruses to get people to open the door.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025

It was a military intervention unacknowledged by Moscow, shrouded in a fog of ruses and denials so improbable that few were deceived.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

Baker is continually seeking ways of holding an audience captive without resorting to the normal ruses of conventional plotting.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Others, clinging still to that brief glimpse of post-Civil War freedom, employed a thousand ruses and stratagems of struggle to win their rights.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright