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ploy
[ ploi ]
noun
- a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
Synonyms: gambit, wile, subterfuge, ruse, tactic
verb (used with object)
- Military Archaic. to move (troops) from a line into a column. Compare deploy.
verb (used without object)
- Military Archaic. to move from a line into a column.
ploy
/ plɔɪ /
noun
- a manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc; stratagem; gambit
- any business, job, hobby, etc, with which one is occupied
angling is his latest ploy
- a frolic, escapade, or practical joke
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Other Words From
- counter·ploy noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ploy1
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Example Sentences
Is this just a ploy by the Islamic State—or the beginning of the road to retaking Mosul?
The head of the prison says Figueroa fabricated the story as a ploy to get the Dutchman transferred.
Do they really not look around them when they hit the shutter, or is it all part of a ploy to attract more attention?
But when it becomes a transparent ploy for fame it drives fans away.
That brassy ploy had caught the Costa Ricans entirely off-guard and had knocked them off their stride.
And so destroy our only defences; it is, indeed, a wise ploy!
I give you the old word, Elrigmore: 'Claymore and the Gael '; for the rest—pardon me—you gentlemen are out of the ploy.
Na, na—his Excellency ken'd nought o' that ploy—it was a' managed atween Rashleigh and mysell.
I don't think he went on to describe any—it was mostly a ploy on my part to curry him or make him feel more at ease.
There is a misprint of 'employ' in Thomas Davies' edition, as before.
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