Fetch
Fetch noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation
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
Nearby Word: ployed
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Ploy and Fetch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fetch/ploy
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