Gambit
Gambit noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Gambit
Patsy
Patsy noun - One who is easily deceived or cheated.
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Batman Gambit: The Spanish Armada comes about from one: Anthony Babington was a patsy who was given an unloaded gun, intended to lead Walsingham right to Mary, Queen of Scots as the one who ordered the assassination.
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Conversely: Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: Sometimes Kimble gets caught off-guard by seemingly-helpful people who happen to be pulling a Batman Gambit that now needs a patsy - say a Wrongly Accused doctor - for their plans to work.
Source: Series / The Fugitive
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