Gambit and Victim

Gambit

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

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

Victim noun - A person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed.

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Gambit and victim are semantically related in preyed upon topic. Sometimes you can use "Gambit" instead a noun "Victim".

good	good gambit	good victim
usual	usual gambit	usual victim
perfect	perfect gambit	perfect victim
original	original gambit	original victim
Other adjectives: real, big, huge, famous, new, major, final, next, last, latest, occasional, previous, favorite.

Out-Gambitted: Possibly the only film where a gambit falls victim to another gambit, which falls victim to a cross between a Gambit Roulette and a Spanner in the Works.

Source: Film / Rock 'n' Roll High School
This is very similar to the Orochimaru gambit of taking an already heavily abused victim, and then twisting them around your little finger.

Source: Manipulative Bastard / Video Games
A gambit that relies on the victim knowing he's being "played" but not knowing how is a Kansas City Shuffle.

Source: Batman Gambit

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