Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Roguery and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roguery" instead a noun "Ploy".
Nearby Word: ployed
Roguery
Roguery noun - A playful or mischievous act intended as a joke.
Usage example: those adolescent rogueries that seemed funny at the time—but only stupid when considered in hindsight
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