stratagem

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a plan or scheme to deceive an enemy or gain an advantage

   The general's stratagem lured the foe into a trap.

From Middle French 'stratagème', from Latin 'strategema', from Ancient Greek 'stratēgēma', a piece of generalship, from 'stratēgos' (general), from 'stratos' (army) + 'agein' (to lead).

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