Gambit and Masquerade

Gambit

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

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Masquerade and gambit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Masquerade" instead a noun "Gambit".

Masquerade noun - A display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive.

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Gambit and masquerade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Masquerade".

Nearby Words: masqueraded, masquerading

good	good gambit	good masquerade
elaborate	elaborate gambit	elaborate masquerade
similar	similar gambit	similar masquerade
entire	entire gambit	entire masquerade
Other adjectives: real, massive, big, huge, little, bad, grand, calculated, double.

The government wants the masquerade as much as he does, and really sees the gambit as a gift basket of bad guys.

Source: Series / Alphas
Their use of Xanatos Speed Chess is to draw the villain back to the gambit and/or away from discovering The Masquerade.

Source: Xanatos Speed Chess
Gambit Pileup: A given, since Baru, the Jurispotence, the thirteen dukes, the Imperial Governor, and the Masquerade at large all have their own plans for Aurdwynn.

Source: Literature / The Traitor Baru Cormorant

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