Ploy and Sleight

Ploy

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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Sleight and ploy are semantically related in honest topic. In some cases you can use "Sleight" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Sleight

Sleight noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: must have employed some sophisticated sleight to con that wary couple out of their money

Ploy and sleight are semantically related in honest topic. You can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Sleight".

Nearby Word: sleigh
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