ruse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ruse
    n 1: a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn:
         {ruse}, {artifice}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
   to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
   again + causa cause. See {Cause}, and cf. {Recusant}.]
   An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Ruse de guerre}[F.], a stratagem of war.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "ruse":
      art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey,
      catch, chicanery, chouse, conspiracy, contrivance, coup, craft,
      curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deceit, deception, design, device,
      dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, expedient, fakement, fast deal,
      feint, fetch, ficelle, gambit, game, gimmick, googly, grift, hoax,
      hocus-pocus, imposture, intrigue, jig, joker, juggle, jugglery,
      knavery, little game, maneuver, move, pass, plot, ploy, pretext,
      racket, red herring, scheme, scurvy trick, shift, sleight,
      sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, stratagem, strategy,
      subterfuge, tactic, trick, trickery, wile, wily device
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