Faking
Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Then it turns out that the flight crew was faking the whole thing, as part of a gambit by Buddy to get David to face his anger issues.
Source: Film / Anger Management -
Gambit Pileup: The film club hinge their video on tricking Machiya into murdering Mashiro by both killing off their own members and faking deaths, plus playing with Machiya's feelings to direct his rage towards Mashiro and killing her.
Source: Manga / DEAD Tube - The Trickster/Gabriel was pretty good at this too, faking his death in virtually every episode and throwing in the occasional Batman Gambit in his manipulations of the Winchesters.
Source: Xanatos Speed Chess
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