Ploy and Swindle

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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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Swindle and ploy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swindle" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Swindle noun - A scheme in which the victim is cheated out of his money after first gaining his trust.

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Ploy and swindle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Swindle".

Nearby Words: swindler, swindling, swindled

successful	successful ploy	successful swindle
famous	famous ploy	famous swindle

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