Ploy and Trap

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Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Trap is a synonym for ploy. In some cases you can use "Trap" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

Trap noun - A device or scheme for capturing another by surprise.

Usage example: a bear trap

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Ploy is a synonym for trap in trick topic. You can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Trap", if it concerns topics such as snare.

Nearby Words: trapped, trapping, trapper, trappy

old	old ploy	old trap
elaborate	elaborate ploy	elaborate trap
particular	particular ploy	particular trap
similar	similar ploy	similar trap
Other adjectives: typical, common, standard, fake, obvious, simple, effective, massive, cunning, deliberate, famous, ancient, final, classic, last, latest, occasional.

Capturing the princess was just a ploy to assassinate Firion, and the tournament to decide who gets the real princess is just a trap for him when that fails.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Video Games
Woman in White: Lindsey rocks a tight white dress as part of Ben's ploy to trap Gundy.

Source: Film / Rapture Palooza
It's really just a ploy to throw him off his game, so he'll run into another trap.

Source: Literature / Cold Days

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