ruse (noun)
61subterfuge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ruse, shift, pretext, artifice, device, stratagem, cunning; evasion. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, device, artifice, ploy; see deception 1 , trick 1 . See Synonym Study at… …
62wile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stratagem, subterfuge, ploy; trick, dodge. See cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trickery, deceit, cunning, stratagem, trick, chicanery, dishonesty, plot, ruse, hoax, deception, scheming, dodge,… …
63strat|a|gem — «STRAT uh juhm», noun. 1. a scheme or trick for deceiving an enemy: »The spy got into the castle by the stratagem of dressing as a beggar. 2. a trick; trickery. ╂[< Middle French stratagème, learned borrowing of Latin stratēgēma < Greek… …
64hoax — I noun artifice, beguilement, canard, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, counterfeit, cozenage, deceit, deception, defraudation, delusion, device, dupery, duplicity, fabrication, fake, false alarm, false report, falsification, fraud, fraudulence,… …
65rush — Ⅰ. rush [1] ► VERB 1) move or act with urgent haste. 2) transport or produce with urgent haste. 3) deal with hurriedly. 4) (of air or a liquid) flow strongly. 5) dash towards in an attempt to attack or capture. ► …
66rushy — Ⅰ. rush [1] ► VERB 1) move or act with urgent haste. 2) transport or produce with urgent haste. 3) deal with hurriedly. 4) (of air or a liquid) flow strongly. 5) dash towards in an attempt to attack or capture. ► …
67deception — de·cep·tion /di sep shən/ n 1: an act of deceiving 2: something that deceives: deceit Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
68fraud — n [Latin fraud fraus] 1 a: any act, expression, omission, or concealment calculated to deceive another to his or her disadvantage; specif: a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with… …
69artifice — ar·ti·fice / är tə fəs/ n: a clever strategy usu. intended to deceive or defraud Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. artifice …
70machination — I noun artful dodge, artifice, cabal, collusion, conspiracy, contrivance, covin, crafty design, crafty device, crafty plan, design, dodge, dolus, foul play, intrigue, jugglery, machina, maneuver, manipulation, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem …
