stratagem

1 a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit]

2 an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, dodge]

English

Noun

1. A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand. Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation.

Translations

• Finnish: petos, juoni, salajuoni
• French: stratagème
• German: Strategem
• Russian: стратагема
• Spanish: estratagema

Stratagem may refer to:

• Stratagem, an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Stratagem, a game for the Amiga
• Stratagem (Wiktionary definition)
• Project funded by the European Commission 1999-2002: The Neogene stratigraphy of the glaciated European margin from Lofoten to Porcupine

Also, a number of firms and companies are called Stratagem, as can be verified by searching the internet.

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