stratagem Meaning and Definition
1. n. a maneuver in a game or conversation
2. n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
A stratagem is a plan or scheme to deceive (see Stratagem (deception)). It derives from an Anglicized spelling of the Greek and Latin word for strategy.
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