Definitions for: Stratagem

[n] a maneuver in a game or conversation
[n] an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

Webster (1913) Definition: Strat"a*gem, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp.
estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as
being spread out; cf. Stratum) + ? to lead. See Agent.]
An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence,
in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil
machination.

Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.

Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it
Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope.

Synonyms: contrivance, dodge, gambit, ploy

See Also: maneuver, manoeuvre, plant, scheme, strategy, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, wangle, wangling

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