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Exact Match:

ruse

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Synonyms:

• art,
• artful dodge,
• artifice,
• bag of tricks,
• blind,
• bluff,
• bosey,
• catch,
• chicanery,
• chouse,
• conspiracy,
• contrivance,
• coup,
• craft,
• curve,
• curve-ball,
• cute trick,
• deceit,
• deception,
• design,
• device,
• dirty deal,
• dirty trick,
• dodge,
• expedient,
• fakement,
• fast deal,
• feint,
• fetch,
• ficelle,
• gambit,
• game,
• gimmick,
• googly,
• grift,
• hoax,
• hocus-pocus,
• imposture,
• intrigue,
• jig,
• joker,
• juggle,
• jugglery,
• knavery,
• little game,
• maneuver,
• move,
• pass,
• plot,
• ploy,
• pretext,
• racket,
• red herring,
• scheme,
• scurvy trick,
• shift,
• sleight,
• sleight of hand,
• sleight-of-hand trick,
• stratagem,
• strategy,
• subterfuge,
• tactic,
• trick,
• trickery,
• wile,
• wily device