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• stratagem — *trick, ruse, maneuver, gambit, ploy, artifice, wile, feint Analogous words: *device, contrivance, contraption: expedient, shift, *resource, resort: machination, intrigue, conspiracy, *plot …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• trick — I. n 1a. a prostitute s client ► Sandy had invited two girlfriends to live with them who gave Ordell rent money , twenty per cent of what they made enter taining tricks, so it wasn t like Ordell was pimping. (Elmore Leonard, The Switch, 1978) 1b …   Contemporary slang

• trick — n 1 Trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, gambit, ploy, artifice, wile, feint are comparable when they mean an act or an expedient whereby one seeks to gain one s ends by indirection and ingenuity and often by cunning. Trick implies cheating or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• trick — [trik] n. [ME trik < NormFr trique < trikier < OFr trichier, to trick, cheat, prob. < VL * triccare, altered < ? LL tricare, to deceive, for L tricari, to make trouble < tricae, vexations, tricks < IE * treik < base * ter …   English World dictionary

• Trick — Trick, n. [D. trek a pull, or drawing, a trick, trekken to draw; akin to LG. trekken, MHG. trecken, trechen, Dan. tr[ae]kke, and OFries. trekka. Cf. {Track}, {Trachery}, {Trig}, a., {Trigger}.] 1. An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stratagem — (n.) artifice, trick, late 15c., from M.Fr. stratagème trick, especially to outwit an enemy, from It. stratagemma, from L. strategema artifice, stratagem, from Gk. strategema the act of a general, military stratagem, from strategein to be a… …   Etymology dictionary

• stratagem — [strat′ə jəm] n. [LME stratageme < L strategema < Gr stratēgēma, device or act of a general < stratēgos, a general < stratos, army (for IE base see STREW) + agein, to lead: see ACT1] 1. a trick, scheme, or plan for deceiving an enemy… …   English World dictionary

• stratagem — I noun ars, artful contrivance, artifice, blind, cheat, chicane, contrivance, crafty device, cunning, deceit, deception, device, dodge, dolus, evasion, excuse, expedient, feint, finesse, gimmick, intrigue, machination, maneuver, manipulation,… …   Law dictionary

• trick — I noun antic, artifice, bunko, canard, caper, caprice, contrivance, deception, decoy, delusion, device, dodge, escapade, evasion, expedient, fake, false pretense, feint, fraud, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposture, instinct, intrigue, knavery,… …   Law dictionary

• trick — [n1] deceit ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con*, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge*, double dealing, duplicity, equivocation,… …   New thesaurus

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English