Bait and Ploy

Bait

Bait noun - Something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap.

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Ploy and bait are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Bait".

Nearby Words: baited, baiting, baiter, baity

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Bait and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bait" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

old	old bait	old ploy
good	good bait	good ploy
elaborate	elaborate bait	elaborate ploy
better	better bait	better ploy
Other adjectives: many, genuine, obvious, effective, successful, massive, little, political, classic, latest.

Kansas City Shuffle: Bourne's bait-and-switch ploy to get the information on the Blackbriar project.

Source: Film / The Bourne Ultimatum
It was a ploy for Ivy, to use Clayface as bait for some plan

Source: Unholy Matrimony
Schmuck Bait: Pretty much anytime Yuuta sees Raika being distressed or tied up, it's all a ploy by the research club to capture him or at least get his attention.

Source: Light Novel / Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai!

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