stratagem
n . 战略,计谋
战略,计谋
stratagem n 1 :
a maneuver in a game or conversation [
synonym : {
ploy },
{
gambit }, {
stratagem }]
2 :
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade ; "
his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track " [
synonym : {
contrivance }, {
stratagem }, {
dodge }]
Stratagem \
Strat "
a *
gem \,
n . [
F .
stratag [`
e ]
me (
cf .
Sp .
estratagema ,
It .
stratagemma ),
L .
strategema ,
Gr . ?,
fr . ?
to be leader of an army ,
fr . ?
a general ; ?
an army (
probably as being spread out ;
cf . {
Stratum }) ?
to lead .
See {
Agent }.]
An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy ;
hence ,
in general ,
artifice ;
deceptive device ;
secret plot ;
evil machination .
[
1913 Webster ]
Fit for treasons ,
stratagems ,
and spoils . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Those oft are stratagems which error seem ,
Nor is it Homer nods ,
but we that dream . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stratagem ":
action ,
ad hoc measure ,
alibi ,
answer ,
apology ,
art ,
artful dodge ,
artifice ,
bag of tricks ,
blind ,
bluff ,
bosey ,
cabal ,
catch ,
chicanery ,
chouse ,
cloak ,
collusion ,
color ,
complicity ,
complot ,
confederacy ,
connivance ,
conspiracy ,
contrivance ,
contriving ,
countermove ,
counterplot ,
coup ,
course of action ,
cover ,
cover story ,
cover -
up ,
covin ,
craft ,
curve ,
curve -
ball ,
cute trick ,
deceit ,
deep -
laid plot ,
demarche ,
design ,
device ,
dirty deal ,
dirty trick ,
dodge ,
effort ,
engineering ,
excuse ,
expedient ,
facade ,
fakement ,
fast deal ,
feint ,
fetch ,
ficelle ,
finagling ,
finesse ,
frame -
up ,
front ,
gambit ,
game ,
gimmick ,
gloss ,
googly ,
grift ,
guise ,
handle ,
hocus -
pocus ,
improvisation ,
intrigue ,
joker ,
juggle ,
jugglery ,
jury -
rig ,
jury -
rigged expedient ,
knavery ,
lame excuse ,
last expedient ,
last resort ,
last shift ,
little game ,
locus standi ,
lure ,
machination ,
makeshift ,
maneuver ,
maneuvering ,
manipulation ,
mask ,
means ,
measure ,
move ,
ostensible motive ,
pass ,
pis aller ,
plan ,
play ,
plot ,
plotting ,
ploy ,
poor excuse ,
pretense ,
pretension ,
pretext ,
protestation ,
public motive ,
put -
off ,
racket ,
red herring ,
refuge ,
resort ,
resource ,
rigging ,
ruse ,
scheme ,
schemery ,
scheming ,
screen ,
scurvy trick ,
semblance ,
shake -
up ,
sham ,
shift ,
show ,
sleight ,
sleight of hand ,
sleight -
of -
hand trick ,
smoke screen ,
solution ,
stalking -
horse ,
step ,
stopgap ,
strategy ,
stroke ,
stroke of policy ,
subterfuge ,
tactic ,
temporary expedient ,
trick ,
trickery ,
trump ,
underplot ,
varnish ,
veil ,
web of intrigue ,
wile ,
wily device ,
wire -
pulling ,
working hypothesis ,
working proposition STRATAGEM .
A deception either by words or actions ,
in times of war ,
in order to obtain an advantage over an enemy .
2 .
Such stratagems ,
though contrary to morality ,
have been justified ,
unless they have been accompanied by perfidy ,
injurious to the rights of humanity ,
as in the example given by Vattel of an English frigate ,
which during a war between France and England ,
appeared off Calais and made signals of distress in order to allure some vessel to come to its relief ,
and seized a shallop and its crew ,
who had generously gone out to render it assistance .
Vattel ,
Droit des Gens ,
liv .
3 ,
c .
9 ,
Sec .
178 .
3 .
Sometimes stratagems are employed in making ,
contracts ,
this is unlawful and fraudulent ,
and avoids the contract .
See Fraud .
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