ploy

the desperate ploy had worked.

a ploy for deflecting criticism

the ploy will fail if the ten is covered.

I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.

the craft is a pleasant ploy during the holiday season.

the president has dismissed the referendum as a ploy to buy time.

LOS ANGELES - Among the several motivational ploys used by coach Phil Jackson was a pre-game screening of Alec Baldwin's famous speech from "Glengarry Glen Ross.