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stratagem

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stratagem /ˈstratədʒəm/

▶noun

1 a plan or scheme intended to outwit an opponent.

2 archaic cunning.

– origin C15 (orig. denoting a military ploy): from Fr. stratagème, via L. from Gk stratēgēma, from stratēgein ‘be a general’.

'stratagem' also found in these Oxford entries:

blow - bountiful - fetch - honeytrap - ruse - shift - strategy - wile

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