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ploy
[ ploi ]
noun
- a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
Synonyms: , , , ,
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
/ ɔɪ /
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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- dzܲt·Dz noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ploy1
C18: originally Scot and northern English, perhaps from obsolete n sense of employ meaning an occupation
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He says that targeting Benn's emotions is not a deliberate ploy, though.
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Chadema sees the code of conduct as a ploy to contain the opposition, and it fears that state repression will continue.
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Speaking to Salon, he said Trump administration cuts could be a ploy to turn public opinion against the agency and soften the blow of an eventual raid on its coffers.
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But that sort of ploy has played out all across college football, including at USC.
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US President Donald Trump called Xi's meeting with Vietnamese leaders a ploy to figure out how to "screw the United States of America".
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