Device and Gambit

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

Usage example: used every device and stratagem he knew to prevent his son's marriage

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Gambit is a synonym for device in ploy topic. In some cases you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Device".

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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Device is a synonym for gambit in plan topic. You can use "Device" instead a noun "Gambit", if it concerns topics such as stratagem, tactic.

old	old device	old gambit
good	good device	good gambit
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate gambit
similar	similar device	similar gambit
Other adjectives: complex, simple, small, massive, big, complicated, huge, dangerous, little, new, major, minor, classic, latest, giant, favorite.

Batman Gambit — Hawk's plan to stop Robber Will, once he knew that he possessed the rewind device.

Source: Webcomic / City of Reality
Gambit Roulette: Most of the various conspiracies are orchestrated or influenced by Wilhelm with the aid of a prophetic device.

Source: Video Game / Xenosaga
Thanatos Gambit: Whether the bomb that killed him was his idea or somebody else is still not quite certain, but he did use his own death to empower a magical device intended to "defuse" mana spikes.

Source: Characters / Shadowrun

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