strategem

I began to think that the good strategem had miscarried, and to moan inwardly for John--Blount as a murthered man.

Men are not easily taken by frontal assault; it is only strategem that can quickly knock them down.

Torn by patriotism and fatherly affection, Agamemnon resorted to a strategem to bring his daughter to the sacrifice.

The strategem was successful, for at daylight the frigate was pressing hard after the Alfred, while the prizes had disappeared.

It was a cowardly strategem, for they knew that the two could not fight with the girl between them and their adversaries.