Plot and Ruse

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Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Ruse is a synonym for plot in plan topic. In some cases you can use "Ruse" instead a noun "Plot".

Nearby Words: plotted, plotting, plotless

Ruse noun - A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture).

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Plot is a synonym for ruse in stratagem topic. Sometimes you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Ruse".

elaborate	elaborate plot	elaborate ruse
better	better plot	better ruse
similar	similar plot	similar ruse
complete	complete plot	complete ruse
Other adjectives: original, simple, entire, real, massive, big, complicated, little, ongoing.

This is almost certainly a ruse, because later on Miang proves to be both more central to the plot and a much bigger threat in gameplay than Ramsus ever was.

Source: More Deadly Than the Male
This is later revealed to a ruse, that the handmaiden was voluntarily transformed as part of a larger plot.

Source: Taken for Granite
After one of the (unsuccessful) attempts leads to the public mistakenly thinking he's been killed, Clouseau decides to maintain the ruse in order to find out who's behind the plot.

Source: Faking the Dead

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