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  Stratagem \Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp.
     estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
     be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as
     being spread out; cf. Stratum) + ? to lead. See Agent.]
     An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence,
     in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil
     machination.
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           Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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           Those oft are stratagems which error seem,
           Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope.
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  Stratagem \Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp.
     estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
     be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as
     being spread out; cf. Stratum) + ? to lead. See Agent.]
     An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence,
     in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil
     machination.
  
           Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
  
           Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it
           Homer nods, but we that dream.           --Pope.

  stratagem
       n 1: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit]
       2: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or
          evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us
          off the track" [syn: contrivance, dodge]

  stratagem
     Old French n.
     strategy; stratagem#English

  stratagem
     n.
     A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one
  involving underhanded dealings or deception.

  stratagem
     Old French n.
     strategy; stratagem#English

  stratagem
     Old French n.
     strategy; stratagem#English

  stratagem
     Englanti n.
     sotajuoni

  stratagem
     Engelska n.
     krigslist

  Stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/
  الحيلة

  stratagem //ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm// 
  уловка, хитрина
  tactic

  stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/ 
  lest

  stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/
  Kriegslist  [mil.]
     Synonym: artifice of war
  

  stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/
   [formal] raffinierter Plan , Schachzug , Winkelzug , Manöver , Masche , Trick , Rank  [Schw.] , Strategem , Strategema [geh.]
     Synonyms: scheme, contrivance
  

  stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/
  
  στρατήγημα

  stratagem //ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm// 
  juoni, petos, salajuoni
  tactic

  stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/ 
  1. छल, चकमा, धोखा
        "ठ्हेय् gained advantage on their enemies by stratagem."

  stratagem /stɹˈateɪdʒəm/
  1. hadicsel
  2. ravasz terv
  3. fortély
  4. furfang
  5. cselfogás
  6. csel

  stratagem //ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm// 
  muslihat, siasat
  tactic

  stratagem //ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm// 
  策略, 計略, 謀略
  tactic

  stratagem /strætidʒəm/
  vaframentum

  stratagem /strætidʒəm/
  kneep, list, slimmigheid, slimmigheidje

  stratagem //ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm// 
  krigslist, list
  tactic

  stratagem /ˈstrætəʤəm/ 
    fortel

  stratagem /strætidʒəm/
  astúcia

  stratagem //ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm// 
  krigslist
  tactic

  
/ˈstɹætədʒəm/

  STRATAGEM. A deception either by words or actions, in times of war, in order 
  to obtain an advantage over an enemy. 
       2. Such stratagems, though contrary to morality, have been justified, 
  unless they have been accompanied by perfidy, injurious to the rights of 
  humanity, as in the example given by Vattel of an English frigate, which 
  during a war between France and England, appeared off Calais and made 
  signals of distress in order to allure some vessel to come to its relief, 
  and seized a shallop and its crew, who had generously gone out to render it 
  assistance. Vattel, Droit des Gens, liv. 3, c. 9, Sec. 178. 
       3. Sometimes stratagems are employed in making, contracts, this is 
  unlawful and fraudulent, and avoids the contract. See Fraud. 
  
  

  151 Moby Thesaurus words for "stratagem":
     action, ad hoc measure, alibi, answer, apology, art, artful dodge,
     artifice, bag of tricks, blind, bluff, bosey, cabal, catch,
     chicanery, chouse, cloak, collusion, color, complicity, complot,
     confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving,
     countermove, counterplot, coup, course of action, cover,
     cover story, cover-up, covin, craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick,
     deceit, deep-laid plot, demarche, design, device, dirty deal,
     dirty trick, dodge, effort, engineering, excuse, expedient, facade,
     fakement, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, finagling, finesse,
     frame-up, front, gambit, game, gimmick, gloss, googly, grift,
     guise, handle, hocus-pocus, improvisation, intrigue, joker, juggle,
     jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, knavery, lame excuse,
     last expedient, last resort, last shift, little game, locus standi,
     lure, machination, makeshift, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation,
     mask, means, measure, move, ostensible motive, pass, pis aller,
     plan, play, plot, plotting, ploy, poor excuse, pretense,
     pretension, pretext, protestation, public motive, put-off, racket,
     red herring, refuge, resort, resource, rigging, ruse, scheme,
     schemery, scheming, screen, scurvy trick, semblance, shake-up,
     sham, shift, show, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick,
     smoke screen, solution, stalking-horse, step, stopgap, strategy,
     stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, tactic, temporary expedient,
     trick, trickery, trump, underplot, varnish, veil, web of intrigue,
     wile, wily device, wire-pulling, working hypothesis,
     working proposition
  
  

  n. 战略,计谋;

     n. 战略,计谋