Ploy
Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Ploy
Nearby Word: ployed
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- The scene in the story that is devoted to such a seemingly low-priority ploy is a Meanwhile Scene.
Source: Third Line, Some Waiting -
The next scene has a council meeting where Danzo tries to make a ploy to get Naruto trained under him.
Source: All According to Plan - A deleted scene from Napoleon Dynamite showed Napoleon and Pedro using a variation of the Polaroid ploy to remove the suit from the thrift-store mannequin.
Source: Camera Spoofing
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