Deception
Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: I couldn't tell whether her earlier poor-mouthing had been sincere or just a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check
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| good | good deception | good gambit |
| elaborate | elaborate deception | elaborate gambit |
| similar | similar deception | similar gambit |
| original | original deception | original gambit |
| Other adjectives: fake, obvious, simple, small, entire, massive, big, cunning, little, cruel, clever, deliberate, new, major, political, gigantic, larger, double, aforementioned. | ||
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Gambit Pileup: The Big Four, where most of the plans (on both sides) counted on their victims seeing through one layer of deception but not one another.
Source: Literature / Hercule Poirot - This is the trope for people who have exacted layers and layers of deception, normally as a massive Gambit Roulette to satisfy their wishes, or their true employers' wishes.
Source: Double Reverse Quadruple Agent -
Gambit Pileup: There are so many layers of deception that by the end of the game you'll find yourself wondering if there is at least one person who is not involved in something, has an agenda or a double agent.
Source: Video Game / Alpha Protocol
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