ploy

n.
An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market" (Jill Smolowe).

[Perhaps from EMPLOY, employment (obsolete).]

noun

An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end: artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. Informal shenanigan, take-in. See honest/dishonest, means.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
  Synonym: gambit

Meaning #2: a maneuver in a game or conversation
  Synonyms: gambit, stratagem

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - foretagende, tidsfordriv, trick, skinmanøvre, eskapade

Nederlands (Dutch)
list

Français (French)
n. - stratagème

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trick

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τέχνασμα, στρατήγημα, κόλπο

Italiano (Italian)
stratagemma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - expedição (f) (coloq.), ocupação (f), manobra (f)

Русский (Russian)
уловка

Español (Spanish)
n. - trabajo, actividad, estratagema, truco, táctica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - påhitt, trick, skoj, eskapad, ploj

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
工作, 职业

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 工作, 職業

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일, 직업, 흥정

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 駆け引き, 策略, 気晴らし

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حيله, مناورة لخداع المنافس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תכסיס, תחבולה להשגת יתרון‬

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