ploy

[ploi] / plɔɪ /

NOUN

game, trick

Synonyms

STRONGEST

device maneuver ruse scheme stratagem subterfuge tactic

STRONG

artifice contrivance dodge feint gambit move play wile

Example Sentences

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A ploy to ensure he’d be positively exhausted when we boarded the ship and entered our cabin.

From Literature

As it turns out, that was exactly what made “One Mike” such a useful ploy.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the author said her cancer update "wasn't a ploy to get sympathy-sales for release day".

From BBC

I am especially intrigued by China’s repeat of its rare-earth ploy.

From MarketWatch

They saw the heavy charges levelled against him as a typical ploy to get people to sign up.

From BBC