Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Gambit
Lure
Lure noun - Something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain.
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- Gambit occasionally does this to lure his opponent closer to him, within grabbing range—-said opponents always forget he can turn anything he touches into a high explosive...
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Evil Versus Evil: Maul, Talzin, the Shadow Collective and the Nightbrothers fighting against Dooku, Grievous and the droid armies in a gambit to lure out Sidious.
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Especially after he deliberately sinks one as part of a gambit to lure the Britannian fleet into a trap.
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