Craft
Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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Synonyms for Ploy
Craft and ploy are semantically related in trick topic. Sometimes you can use "Craft" instead a noun "Ploy".
Nearby Word: ployed
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Then a few missions later your commanding officer returns to reveal that the entire thing was a ploy to lure Nod into making a hasty offensive, so not only are you able to counterattack, but a surge in GDI funding has led to new toys like Orca VTOL craft and Ion Cannons.
Source: Out-Gambitted aka: Out Gambit
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